vulnerability
OS X update for Perl (CVE-2018-6797)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 17, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 17, 2018
Added
Oct 31, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
apple-osx-security-update-2018-002-high-sierraapple-osx-upgrade-10_13_6
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