CVE-2018-6798 in Perl

Summary

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.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 02/06/2018
• Disclosure: 04/17/2018
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-116305 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.4
• EPSS: 0.01603
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6798
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6798
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-6798/