# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2020-10878, CLEANSTART-2026-IK85107, CLSA-2021-1632328234, CLSA-2021-1634922919, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10878, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10878

## 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 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10878?

It affects 17 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snap Creator Framework, Opensuse Leap, Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router, Oracle Communications Eagle Application Processor, Oracle Communications Eagle Lnp Application Processor, Oracle Communications Lsms, Oracle Communications Offline Mediation Controller, Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center, Oracle Communications Pricing Design Center, Oracle Configuration Manager, Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform, Oracle Sd-Wan Aware, Oracle Tekelec Platform Distribution, Perl Perl.

## 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.

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- [CVE-2024-4947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4947/): Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-4671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4671/): Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10878 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10878/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10878/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10878
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10878
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10878

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.