CVE-2012-5195

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 products

Centos, Perl, Red Hat

Perl

= 5.12.0, 5.12.1, 5.12.2, 5.12.3, 5.12.4, 5.14.0, 5.14.1, 5.14.2

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

7.5 HIGH

EPSS

4.9% (91th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-119

NVD status

Modified

Published

2012-12-18