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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 19, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 15, 2020, 3:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-12883 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-12883 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Perl perl

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Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Oct. 22, 2017, 2:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 38 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-12883 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-12883 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Buffer overflow in the regular expression parser in PERL before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or leak data from memory via vectors involving use of RExC_parse in the vFAIL macro. 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.
    Added Reference https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131598 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/2be4edede4ae226e2eebd4eff28cedd2041f300f#patch1 No Types Assigned https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/2be4edede4ae226e2eebd4eff28cedd2041f300f#patch1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100852 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100852 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1 No Types Assigned https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492093 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492093 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1 No Types Assigned https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/source/lang-base/perl/patches/CVE-2017-12883.patch No Types Assigned http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/source/lang-base/perl/patches/CVE-2017-12883.patch Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/source/lang-base/perl/patches/CVE-2017-12883.patch [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.43 }} 1.02%

score

0.91605

percentile

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