CVE-2017-12814

critical

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.

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/

https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1

https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101051

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-28

Updated: 2020-07-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical