CVE-2026-12087
CRITICAL
INFO
Priority: 0.05
BB Relevance:
78/100
Published: 2026-06-15
Modified: 2026-10-25
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
None
A:
High
Description
Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read. In Socket.xs, pack_ip_mreq_source() checks the length of its source argument before the argument is read, so the check tests the byte length carried over from the preceding multiaddr argument instead. Both addresses occupy a 4-byte field, so a valid multiaddr lets a source of any length pass the check, and the source is then copied into the 4-byte imr_sourceaddr field with a fixed-size copy. A source shorter than 4 bytes is not rejected, and the copy reads up to 3 bytes past the end of its buffer. Calling pack_ip_mreq_source() with a source value shorter than 4 bytes copies adjacent heap memory into the returned packed structure.