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ALPINE-CVE-2018-6797
ALPINE-CVE-2018-6797
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.19 | perl | 5.10.1-r2, 5.16.1-r0, 5.16.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | perl | 5.16.3-r0, 5.16.2-r0, 5.16.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | perl | 5.14.2-r0, 0, 5.26.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | perl | 5.24.0-r0, 5.22.0-r0, 5.20.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | perl | 5.24.0-r1, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | perl | 5.14.1-r0, 0, 5.26.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | perl | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | perl | 5.24.0-r1, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | perl | 5.12.2-r0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | perl | 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1, 5.10.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | perl | 0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | perl | 5.12.1-r0, 0, 5.26.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | perl | 5.12.3-r0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | perl | 0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | perl | 0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | perl | 5.10.0-r0, 0, 5.26.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | perl | 5.10.0-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- TestCommand.yaml (github-poc)
Timeline
- Apr 17, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated