9.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2018-6913

Published: 17/04/2018 Updated: 24/08/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

Vulnerability Trend

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debian debian linux 9.0

debian debian linux 8.0

debian debian linux 7.0

perl perl

canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

canonical ubuntu linux 17.10

canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

Vendor Advisories

Several security issues were fixed in Perl ...
Several security issues were fixed in Perl ...
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the implementation of the Perl programming language The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2018-6797 Brian Carpenter reported that a crafted regular expression could cause a heap buffer write overflow, with control over the bytes written CVE- ...
It was found that the pack() function in the 32-bit version of the perl interpreter was vulnerable to heap buffer overflow via the packing template An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted template, could use this flaw to crash the interpreter ...

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