CVE-2018-6798

perl: heap read overflow in regexec.c

Published Apr 17, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4172-1 perl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18545 An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3625-1 Perl vulnerabilities
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