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CVE-2018-6913

critical

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-04-17

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03021