CVE-2020-10878

perl: corruption of intermediate language state of compiled regular expression due to integer overflow leads to DoS

Published Jun 5, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS 4.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-3284 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4602-1 Perl vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4602-2 Perl vulnerabilities
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{'score': 0.00117}

epss

{'score': 0.00118}