ALPINE-CVE-2017-12883

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CVE-2017-12883
Published: 19 Sept 2017, 18:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Sept 2017, 18:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•perl

    < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.22.3-r0 | < 5.22.3-r0 | < 5.24.3-r0 | < 5.24.3-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0 | < 5.26.1-r0

References (1)