CPANSA-ExtUtils-Typemaps-Default-2013-10076: ExtUtils-Typemaps-Default vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-10-10T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-10-10T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

ExtUtils::Typemaps::STL::Vector versions before 1.05 for Perl allocate a 32 GiB array on an empty list.

The OUTPUT typemaps call av_extend( av, len-1 ). On an empty list, this undeflows, and av_extend will allocate an array with 2^32 slots, leading to memory exhaustion.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-10076

Vulnerability Description

ExtUtils::Typemaps::STL::Vector versions before 1.05 for Perl allocate a 32 GiB array on an empty list.

The OUTPUT typemaps call av_extend( av, len-1 ). On an empty list, this undeflows, and av_extend will allocate an array with 2^32 slots, leading to memory exhaustion.

Weakness CWE-191 : Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
ExtUtils-Typemaps-Default less than 1.05
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 2026 First release

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