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ALPINE-CVE-2017-12883
ALPINE-CVE-2017-12883
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.100000381469727 CRITICAL
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | perl | 5.12.2-r1, 5.14.1-r0, 5.14.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | perl | 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | perl | 5.20.0-r0, 5.24.1-r1, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | perl | 5.10.1-r1, 5.12.1-r0, 5.12.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | perl | 5.10.0-r1, 5.10.0-r0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | perl | 5.14.2-r0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | perl | 5.10.1-r0, 5.22.1-r0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | perl | 5.10.1-r1, 5.10.1-r2, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | perl | 5.10.0-r1, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.3 | perl | 5.16.0-r0, 5.14.2-r1, 5.14.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | perl | 5.10.1-r0, 5.10.1-r2, 5.12.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | perl | 5.22.1-r0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | perl | 0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | perl | 5.20.1-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | perl | 0, 5.26.0-r0, 5.24.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | perl | 5.24.1-r1, 0, 5.10.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | perl | 0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
…and 2 more
Timeline
- Sep 19, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated