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CVE-2018-6913

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-04-17T20:00:00
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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large item count.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

EUVD ID

View on ENISA

ENISA Analysis

Malicious code in bioql (PyPI)

Affected Products (ENISA)

n/a
n/a

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (3.0)

9.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

2.700
probability

ENISA References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6913.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6913
https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2018-6913.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: October 3, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-wrx2-mfgr-hgr7

Advisory Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large item count.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6913
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
WEB https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
WEB https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844

HackerOne Reports

[CVE-2018-6913] heap-buffer-overflow in S_pack_rec Medium
karas
Internet Bug Bounty
$1000.00
Buffer Underflow
View Report
Published: 2018-04-17T20:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T06:17:17.123Z
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