CVE-2017-12837 | BDVDB-2026-90653 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100860
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492091
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131582
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/96c83ed78aeea1a0496dd2b2d935869a822dc8a5
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.