#VU16186 Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl - CVE-2018-18313

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#VU16186 Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl - CVE-2018-18313

Published: November 30, 2018 / Updated: December 4, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16186
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18313
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Perl
Software vendor:
Perl

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow read during compilation. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted regular expression, trigger memory leak and gain access to arbitrary data.


Remediation

Update to version 5.28.1.

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