CVE-2018-6798

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 17 Apr 2018, 20:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 06:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.6% LOW
2% probability +0.12%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Apr 2018, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 06:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.60%• Percentile: 82%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0

  • perl•perl

    ≥ 5.22, ≤ 5.26

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    6.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0 | 7.0

References (7)