Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2018-18311
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.117 (96.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.117 · newest: 0.117 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Mcafee Web Gateway
- NetApp E-Series Santricity OS Controller
- NetApp Snapcenter
- NetApp Snap Creator Framework
- NetApp Snapdriver
- Perl
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00039.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-18311?
- CVE-2018-18311 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-07.
- How severe is CVE-2018-18311?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-18311 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.