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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.68% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190, CWE-787
- Affected
- perl/perl · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · netapp/e-series santricity os controller · netapp/snap creator framework · netapp/snapcenter · netapp/snapdriver · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · apple/mac os x · fedoraproject/fedora · mcafee/web gateway
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 11.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1790
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2400
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646730Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/34716e2a6ee2af96078d62b065b7785c001194bePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3Third Party Advisory
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1Third Party Advisory
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133204Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.