CVE-2017-12837

perl: Heap buffer overflow in regular expression compiler

Published Sep 19, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 6.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3982-1 perl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-4374 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3478-1 Perl vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 6:51 PM
Reserved
Aug 11, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 19, 2017, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:04 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 12, 2017, 12:00 AM