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CVE-2012-5195

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Published: Dec 18, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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7.5
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl_repeatcpy function in util.c in Perl 5.12.x before 5.12.5, 5.14.x before 5.14.3, and 5.15.x before 15.15.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the 'x' string repeat operator.

Affected (23)

Products: Perl: Perl
Perl
1 product
Perl
Configuration A
23 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Perl
Perl
Version 5.12.0
Perl
Version 5.12.0 rc0
Perl
Version 5.12.0 rc1
Perl
Version 5.12.0 rc2
Perl
Version 5.12.0 rc3
Perl
Version 5.12.0 rc4
Perl
Version 5.12.0 rc5
Perl
Version 5.12.1
Perl
Version 5.12.1 rc1
Perl
Version 5.12.1 rc2
Perl
Version 5.12.2
Perl
Version 5.12.2 rc1
Perl
Version 5.12.3
Perl
Version 5.12.3 rc1
Perl
Version 5.12.3 rc2
Perl
Version 5.12.3 rc3
Perl
Version 5.12.4
Perl
Version 5.14.0
Perl
Version 5.14.0 rc1
Perl
Version 5.14.0 rc2
Perl
Version 5.14.0 rc3
Perl
Version 5.14.1
Perl
Version 5.14.2

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 (32)

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