CVE-2018-6913

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6913
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-17T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.26.2
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6913
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6913
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:31:29 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:55:49 2018-04-17T20:29Z 2018-04-17T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 04:55:49 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 04:55:49 Modified Vulnerability Status updated