Description
Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape.
Published: 2017-09-19
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: 4.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3982-1 perl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-4407 Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3478-1 Perl vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3478-2 Perl vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:06.922Z

Reserved: 2017-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12883

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-19T18:29:00.197

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-12883

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12883 - Bugzilla

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