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CVE-2018-18311
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
Critical9.8EPSS 11.7%
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- mitre
Description
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.7% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (28)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1601-1] perl security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4347 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 106145 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1042181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3834-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2018-9dbe983805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3834-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20190326 APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20190326 APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHBA-2019:0327 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1942 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2400 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201909-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646730 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133204 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/34716e2a6ee2af96078d62b065b7785c001194be (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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