UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12837
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12837
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12837.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12837
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-08T16:44:22Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3
Affected versions
5.*
5.14.2-21build1
5.18.1-4
5.18.1-4build1
5.18.1-5
5.18.2-2
5.18.2-2ubuntu1
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
"binary_name": "libcgi-fast-perl"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
"binary_name": "libperl-dev"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
"binary_name": "libperl5.18"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
"binary_name": "perl"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
"binary_name": "perl-base"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
"binary_name": "perl-debug"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
"binary_name": "perl-modules"
}
],
"availability": "No subscription required"
}
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
"binary_name": "libperl-dev"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
"binary_name": "libperl5.22"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
"binary_name": "perl"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
"binary_name": "perl-base"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
"binary_name": "perl-debug"
},
{
"binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
"binary_name": "perl-modules-5.22"
}
],
"availability": "No subscription required"
}