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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172	Third Party Advisory
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::

Information

Published : 2018-04-17 13:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-6913

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6913

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

perl

perl

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