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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-10878

Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 4.88%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A crafted regular expression could lead to malformed bytecode with a possibility of instruction injection.

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS
4.88% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
perl/perl · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · netapp/oncommand workflow automation · netapp/snap creator framework · oracle/communications billing and revenue management · oracle/communications diameter signaling router · oracle/communications eagle application processor · oracle/communications eagle lnp application processor · oracle/communications lsms · oracle/communications offline mediation controller · oracle/communications performance intelligence center · oracle/communications pricing design center · oracle/configuration manager · oracle/enterprise manager base platform · oracle/sd-wan aware · oracle/tekelec platform distribution
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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