CVE-2020-10878

HIGHScheduled

Published:Jun 5, 2020(5 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability 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.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
perl	perl	5.30.3	-
fedoraproject	fedora	-	-
opensuse	leap	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Jun 5, 20205 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044....Mailing List
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.podThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3Patch

CVSS Score

v3.1

8.6/ 10.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

perl / perl

https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e...Patch

https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546d...Patch

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044....Mailing List

https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.podThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3Patch

https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e...Patch

https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546d...Patch

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityLow

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityLow

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2020-10878

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Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description