CVE-2018-6797
Critical
Description
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26. A crafted regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer overflow, with control over the bytes written.
SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
Product
Perl
PublishedApr 17, 2018
First seenApr 17, 2018
How to fix
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| perl perl | 5.18 ≤ v ≤ 5.26 | — |
| debian debian_linux | 8.0, 9.0 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 16.04, 17.10 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server | 7.0, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0, 7.0 | — |
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