CVE-2018-6913

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    CVE-2018-6913

    Published: 17 Apr 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -c5b1997939178730653db9e80f90cd53d722fe8d

    Affected versions

    v5.26.2-RC1
    v5.26.1
    v5.26.1-RC1
    v5.26.0
    v5.26.0-RC2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High