CVE-2012-5195

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 18, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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