Security Advisory

CVE-2026-57432

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-07-13 15:38:20
Last updated 2026-07-14 13:34:42
Assigner CPANSec
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

Perl versions through 5.43.10 have an integer overflow in S_measure_struct leading to an out-of-bounds heap read in pack and unpack. S_measure_struct adds each item's size times its repeat count to a running total with no overflow check, so a large repeat count in a pack or unpack template wraps the signed SSize_t total negative. The @, X, and x position codes then guard their moves with a signed length comparison that passes when the length is negative, advancing the buffer pointer out of bounds. A template derived from untrusted input can read heap memory past the buffer and return it to the caller.