Numeric Errors Affecting perl package, versions <5.8.7-9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PERL-17966184
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed1 Dec 2005

Introduced: 1 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-3962  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest perl to version 5.8.7-9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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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