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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 11.7%

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
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

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.