CVE-2018-6798
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.93%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 90
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (5)
CWE
- CWE-125
Referencias
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
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