CVE-2018-6913
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Out-of-bounds write
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)11%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172Advisory