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perl — security advisory
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.
- Products
- perl
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.14.2-14
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-5195
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5195
perl
Fixed versions: 5.14.2-14
perl
Fixed versions: 5.14.2-14
perl
Fixed versions: 5.14.2-14
Complete source record
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