CVE-2005-3962 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Perl
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
NVD4.6OSV4.6
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 1
Latest updateMay 3
Description
Integer overflow in the format string functionality (Perl_sv_vcatpvfn) in Perl 5.9.2 and 5.8.6 Perl allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers with large values, which causes an integer wrap and leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using format string vulnerabilities in Perl applications.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.4
Affected Packages4 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-x9vv-cmfc-4qwh: Integer overflow in the format string functionality (Perl_sv_vcatpvfn) in Perl 5↗2022-05-03
GHSA▶
GHSA-rc8p-8p78-4qgh: Unspecified vulnerability in Positive Software Corporation CP+ (cpplus) before 2↗2022-05-01
OSV▶
CVE-2005-3962: Integer overflow in the format string functionality (Perl_sv_vcatpvfn) in Perl 5↗2005-12-01