{"action":"Upgrade perl to 5.24.3-r0 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"5.24.3-r0","introduced":"0"}],"component":"perl","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.6","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["5.24.3-r0"],"id":"tcs_01M5N90SC4FZK4TS3NGW0WCF29","modified_at":"2026-06-15T18:18:06.765396868Z","published_at":"2017-09-19T18:29:00.197Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-12883","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12883"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.1},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-12883#Alpine:v3.6/perl","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-12883"}],"summary":"Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N 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 disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of ser"}