Vulnerability in Perl
CVE-2005-3962
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (70.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Perl — versions 5.8.6, 5.9.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1074 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948385 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/22255 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17941 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418333/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438726/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2688 (vdb-entry)