CVE-2018-6913
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 10.7% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 10.7% — above the 10% action threshold.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 10.67% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-04-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| perl | perl |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
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