VDB
CVE-2018-6798
CVE-2018-6798
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 4.00% · 89.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
4.00%
89.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | perl | 5.20.2-6, 5.22.1-3, 0 |
Timeline
- CVE Published
- Oct 24, 2019 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jan 19, 2024 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6798 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6798 third-party-advisory