VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6798

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.93%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-04-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references