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ALPINE-CVE-2024-56406
ALPINE-CVE-2024-56406
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.399999618530273 HIGH
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in Perl. Release branches 5.34, 5.36, 5.38 and 5.40 are affected, including development versions from 5.33.1 through 5.41.10. When there are non-ASCII bytes in the left-hand-side of the `tr` operator, `S_do_trans_invmap` can overflow the destination pointer `d`. $ perl -e '$_ = "\x{FF}" x 1000000; tr/\xFF/\x{100}/;' Segmentation fault (core dumped) It is believed that this vulnerability can enable Denial of Service and possibly Code Execution attacks on platforms that lack sufficient defenses.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
8.399999618530273
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.22 | perl | 0, 5.20.2-r1, 5.18.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | perl | 5.18.1-r0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | perl | 5.34.0-r1, 5.34.0-r0, 5.32.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | perl | 5.14.2-r0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | perl | 5.40.1-r0, 5.40.0-r3, 5.40.0-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
Timeline
- Apr 13, 2025 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch