CVE-2012-5195
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5118)
- Published
- December 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5118 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- perl / perl
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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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51457(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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