Out-of-bounds Write Affecting rh-perl520-perl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.48% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RHPERL520PERL-9861572
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed14 Apr 2018

Introduced: 14 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-6797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rh-perl520-perl.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-perl520-perl package and not the rh-perl520-perl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.