{"action":"Upgrade perl to 5.26.1-r0 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"5.26.1-r0","introduced":"0"}],"component":"perl","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.15","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["5.26.1-r0"],"id":"tcs_01M5N90FNYSPASM2CSR6RX6GVR","modified_at":"2026-06-15T18:18:06.763822120Z","published_at":"2017-09-19T18:29:00.167Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-12837","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12837"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-12837#Alpine:v3.15/perl","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-12837"}],"summary":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the S_regatom function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) vi"}