CVE-2012-5195 (GCVE-0-2012-5195)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:58
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2304 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-10-10 00:00
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