CVE-2018-6913

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 17 Apr 2018, 20:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 06:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.9% LOW
4% probability 0.00%
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, 06:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large item count.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.90%• Percentile: 88%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

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

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0

  • perl•perl

    < 5.26.2

References (9)