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CVE-2017-12883
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.
EPSS 5.91% · 93.0th percentile
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
EPSS Score
5.91%
93.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | perl | 0, 5.14.2-21build1, 5.18.1-4 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | perl | 0, 5.20.2-6, 5.22.1-3 |
Timeline
- Sep 19, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jan 24, 2024 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12883 third-party-advisory
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131598 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3478-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3478-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12883 third-party-advisory