7.5

CVE-2012-5195: perl

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-5195
Published 18-12-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5195 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in perl. EPSS estimates a 4.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.88%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-2586-1RHSA-2013:0685

Timeline

  1. 18-12-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.88% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • perl< 5.14.2-14
Perl1 product
  • perl5.12.0 | 5.12.0:rc0 | 5.12.0:rc1 | 5.12.0:rc2 | 5.12.0:rc3 | 5.12.0:rc4 | 5.12.0:rc5 | 5.12.1 | 5.12.1:rc1 | 5.12.1:rc2 | 5.12.2 | 5.12.2:rc1 | 5.12.3 | 5.12.3:rc1 | 5.12.3:rc2 | 5.12.3:rc3 | 5.12.4 | 5.14.0 | 5.14.0:rc1 | 5.14.0:rc2 | 5.14.0:rc3 | 5.14.1 | 5.14.2

2 vendors · 2 products

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