CVE-2005-3962
N/A
Published: December 1, 2005 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPerl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (52)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/007_perl.patchx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/001_perl.patchVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-UVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113342788118630&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17762Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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