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CVE-2017-12883

Published: Sep 19, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

DSA-3982
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
100852
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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