CVE-2018-6797

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6797
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6797.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6797
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-04-17T20:29:00.520Z
Modified
2026-04-16T01:43:37.773662277Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
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                }
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                    "last_affected": "7.3"
                }
            ]
        },
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            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            "extracted_events": [
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                    "last_affected": "7.5"
                }
            ]
        },
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            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
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                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                }
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                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
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                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/perl/perl5

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/perl/perl5
Events
Introduced
a9acda3b5f74585852a57b51b724804ac586cb0b
Last affected
95388f2eb27e74cdbfb715c0097f16aeba4e6e4e
Database specific 
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    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "5.18"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "5.26"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

if-0.*
if-0.0603
if-0.0604
if-0.0605
v5.*
v5.18.0
v5.19.0
v5.19.1
v5.19.11
v5.19.2
v5.19.3
v5.19.5
v5.19.7
v5.20.0
v5.20.0-RC1
v5.21.0
v5.21.1
v5.21.10
v5.21.11
v5.21.4
v5.21.5
v5.21.6
v5.21.8
v5.21.9
v5.22.0
v5.22.0-RC1
v5.22.0-RC2
v5.23.0
v5.23.1
v5.23.2
v5.23.3
v5.23.4
v5.23.6
v5.23.7
v5.24.0
v5.24.0-RC1
v5.24.0-RC2
v5.24.0-RC3
v5.24.0-RC4
v5.24.0-RC5
v5.25.0
v5.25.11
v5.25.2
v5.25.3
v5.25.4
v5.25.5
v5.25.7
v5.25.9
v5.26.0
v5.26.0-RC2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6797.json"