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CVE-2012-5195

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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.

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/2709980d5a193ce6f3a16f0d19879a6560dcde44

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/51457

http://secunia.com/advisories/55314

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113

http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/10/msg193886.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/27/1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56287

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0352

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-12-18

Updated: 2016-12-08

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

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