CVE-2017-12814

Published: Sep 28, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Perl: Perl

Perl

1 product

Perl

Configuration A

2 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Perl Perl	Up to 5.24.2
Perl Perl	Version 5.26.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (12)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release NotesVendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131665

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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