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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-1151 · published 9 September 2012

CVE-2012-1151: Perl vulnerability

Perl · Perl

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in dbdimp.c in DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module before 2.19.0 for Perl allow remote PostgreSQL database servers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a crafted database warning to the pg_warn function or (2) a crafted DBD statement to the dbd_st_prepare function.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% · top 14.2% CWE-134 · CWE-134
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
30References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in dbdimp.c in DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module before 2.19.0 for Perl allow remote PostgreSQL database servers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a crafted database warning to the pg_warn function or (2) a crafted DBD statement to the dbd_st_prepare function.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661536
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-2.19.1/Changes
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1116.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48307 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48319 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48824
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-08.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2431
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:112
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/09/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/10/4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801733
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73854
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73855
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75642
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661536
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-2.19.1/Changes
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1116.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48307 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48319 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48824
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-08.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2431
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:112
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/09/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/10/4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801733
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73854
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73855
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75642

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-1151), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-11). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.