CVE-2017-12814

Published: 28 September 2017

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.

Notes

Author	Note
leosilva	not-affected, windows specific issue

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
perl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable
	zesty	Not vulnerable

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12814
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131665 (not yet public)
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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