9.8

CVE-2017-12814: perl

Modified
Published 27-09-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12814 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in perl. EPSS estimates a 6.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.98%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11158-1

Timeline

  1. 27-09-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CPerlHost::Add method in win32/perlhost.h in Perl before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 on Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long environment variable.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.98%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.98% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (rt.perl.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Perl1 product
  • perlEOL≤ 5.24.2 | 5.26.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

6 links