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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12837
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12837
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Heap-based buffer overflow in the S_regatom 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 cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a regular expression with a '\N{}' escape and the case-insensitive modifier.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 19, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated