CVE-2011-2939
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 13, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 27, 2011
Description
Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 46989third-party-advisory
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod
- 55314third-party-advisory
- USN-1643-1vendor-advisory
- 49858vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20110818 CVE request: heap overflow in perl while decoding Unicode stringmailing-list
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/e46d973584785af1f445c4dedbee4243419cb860#patch5
- 46172third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731246
- http://search.cpan.org/~flora/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod#Encode_decode_xs_n-byte_heap-overflow_%28CVE-2011-2939%29
- MDVSA-2012:008vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2011:1424vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110819 Re: CVE request: heap overflow in perl while decoding Unicode stringmailing-list
- 51457third-party-advisory
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