Critical severity · published Apr 17, 2018
CVE-2018-6913
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
9.8
CVSS
10.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.7% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
PE
Perl · Perl
before 5.26.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6913
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6913
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
Vendor Advisory
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
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