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CVE-2018-6797

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.60%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-04-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-6797
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.60%

Original Filing — NVD 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.