CVE-2012-5195
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 18, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 28, 2012
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- MDVSA-2013:113vendor-advisory
- [perl.perl5.porters] 20121010 maint-5.12, maint-5.14, and CVE-2012-5195mailing-list
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0352
- 55314third-party-advisory
- USN-1643-1vendor-advisory
- DSA-2586vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20121026 Medium severity flaw with Perl 5mailing-list
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/2709980d5a193ce6f3a16f0d19879a6560dcde44
- 56287vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20121027 Re: Medium severity flaw with Perl 5mailing-list
- RHSA-2013:0685vendor-advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- 51457third-party-advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
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