Vulnerability CVE-2017-12814
Published: 2017-09-27   Modified: 2017-09-28

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
PERL -> PERL 

 References:
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/
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