DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12883

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12883
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12883.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12883
Upstream
Published
2017-09-19T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:24:19Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the Sgrokbslash_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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.26.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.26.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.26.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.26.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}