CVE-2017-12883

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.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2017-12883

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2017-09-19T18:29:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2020-07-15T03:15:18

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 6.4

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 10

• Impact Score
• 4.9

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 9.1

• Base Severity
• CRITICAL

• Exploitability Score
• 3.9

• Impact Score
• 5.2