CVE-2012-6329

high
Published 2013-01-04 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to an application that accepts translation strings from users, as demonstrated by the TWiki application before 5.1.3, and the Foswiki application 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6329

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1735f6f53ca19f99c6e9e39496c486af323ba6a8

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed5.14.2-16
debian debianbullseyefixed5.14.2-16
debian debianforkyfixed5.14.2-16
debian debiansidfixed5.14.2-16
debian debiantrixiefixed5.14.2-16

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
perlperl{"endIncluding":"5.16.2"}
perlperl5.10
perlperl5.10.0
perlperl5.10.1
perlperl5.11.0
perlperl5.11.1
perlperl5.11.2
perlperl5.11.3
perlperl5.11.4
perlperl5.11.5
perlperl5.12.0
perlperl5.12.1
perlperl5.12.2
perlperl5.12.3
perlperl5.13.0
perlperl5.13.1
perlperl5.13.2
perlperl5.13.3
perlperl5.13.4
perlperl5.13.5
perlperl5.13.6
perlperl5.13.7
perlperl5.13.8
perlperl5.13.9
perlperl5.13.10
perlperl5.13.11
perlperl5.14.0
perlperl5.14.1
perlperl5.14.2
perlperl5.14.3
perlperl5.16.0
perlperl5.16.1

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.