vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-6913
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 17, 2018 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 17, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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