DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2939

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2939

    Published: 13 Jan 2012Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-2939

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2939

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libencode-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libencode-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.44-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High