CVE-2020-10878

CVE Details

Release Date:

2020-06-05

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.

See more information about CVE-2020-10878 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	Low
Integrity Impact:	Low	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (perl)	ELSA-2021-9238	2021-05-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (perl)	ELSA-2021-0343	2021-02-03
Oracle Linux version 8 (perl)	ELSA-2021-1678	2021-05-25

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