CVE-2020-10878
HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: June 5, 2020 at 01:27 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
17 products affected across 5 vendorsFedoraLeapOnCommand Workflow Automation
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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
All versions
95%
All versions
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%8.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.5.0
16.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 16.4.0
13.1 ≤ v ≤ 13.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e51edaa8
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546dd348b3c
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.podx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e51edaa8x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546dd348b3cVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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