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CVE-2012-5195

Date: December 17, 2012

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (21)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113

Url: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/2

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/27/1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5195

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1

Url: http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/2709980d5a193ce6f3a16f0d19879a6560dcde44

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51457

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/55314

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56287

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5195

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5195

Url: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0352

Url: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/10/msg193886.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5195

Url: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

Url: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5195

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2012-5195

Date: December 17, 2012

Language: C

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Related Resources (21)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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