CVE-2017-12883 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Perl versions before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1. This flaw, residing in the S_grok_bslash_N function, can be triggered by remote attackers using a specially crafted regular expression containing an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), successful exploitation could lead to sensitive information disclosure or a denial of service through an application crash, requiring no user interaction or privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.24.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.26.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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