CVE-2020-10878 Integer overflow in n/a
A crafted regular expression can cause an integer overflow in Perl, potentially leading to instruction injection and code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-10878?
CVE-2020-10878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 5 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10878?
It affects 17 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snap Creator Framework, Opensuse Leap, Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router and 11 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10878?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-10878 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10878 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-10878, CLEANSTART-2026-IK85107, CLSA-2021-1632328234, CLSA-2021-1634922919, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10878, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10878.