Vulnerabilities > Perl > Perl > 5.12.1

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2012-12-21 CVE-2011-2728 Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Perl 'decode_xs()' and 'File::Glob::bsd_glob()'
The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5.14.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a glob expression with the GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC flag, which triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.
network
perl
4.3
2012-12-18 CVE-2012-5195 Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Perl
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.
network
low complexity
perl CWE-119
7.5
2011-04-11 CVE-2011-1487 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Perl
The (1) lc, (2) lcfirst, (3) uc, and (4) ucfirst functions in Perl 5.10.x, 5.11.x, and 5.12.x through 5.12.3, and 5.13.x through 5.13.11, do not apply the taint attribute to the return value upon processing tainted input, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.
network
low complexity
perl CWE-264
5.0