CVE-2017-12814 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CPerlHost::Add method in win32/perlhost.h in Perl before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 on Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long environment variable.

Published: 2017-09-27

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 6.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.26.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4351	Stack-based buffer overflow in the CPerlHost::Add method in win32/perlhost.h in Perl before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 on Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long environment variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06061.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101051
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131665
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Perl Perl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-27T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:06.126Z

Reserved: 2017-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12814

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-28T01:29:01.327

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-12814

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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