CVE-2017-12837

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12837
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-19 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-15 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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 And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perl Perl 5.26.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.26.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Perl 5 - perl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
perl5.git.perl.org Git CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
October 2017 Perl Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3982-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org
Bug 1492091 – CVE-2017-12837 perl: Heap buffer overflow in regular expression compiler CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
perl5.git.perl.org Git CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Bug #131582 for perl5: [CVE-2017-12837]Heap overflow in Perl__to_fold_latin1 when compiling case-insensitive regexp CONFIRM rt.perl.org
Perl CVE-2017-12837 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500522 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
  • 504283 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl

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