VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-10878

CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability4.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-05
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Description

Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A crafted regular expression could lead to malformed bytecode with a possibility of instruction injection.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references