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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…
Critical9.8EPSS 10.7%
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- mitre
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.
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)
- 10.7% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (3 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 (9)
- USN-3625-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 103953 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180414 [SECURITY] [DLA 1345-1] perl security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1040681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-3625-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-4172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201909-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844 (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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