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CVE-2017-12883
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-09-19T18:29:00.197 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:04:04.983

Summary

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.

Affected products

perl — perl

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References

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