Buffer overflow in NetApp E-Series Santricity OS Controller
CVE-2018-18312
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.0 before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
Vulnerability class: Buffer 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: 0.128 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.121 · newest: 0.128 · change: +0.007
Affected products
- NetApp E-Series Santricity OS Controller
- NetApp Snapcenter
- NetApp Snap Creator Framework
- NetApp Snapdrive
- Perl
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0, 7.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106179 (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)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01 (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/ (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-18312?
- CVE-2018-18312 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NetApp E-Series Santricity OS Controller, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-05.
- How severe is CVE-2018-18312?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-18312 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.