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CVE-2012-6329 in the critical feed json

The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and…

published 2013-01-04 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-6184

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
63.7%
EPSS 63.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.14.2-16

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6329

  • perl hummingbird 1 5.42.2-525.2.hum1
  • perl-B hummingbird 1 1.89-525.2.hum1
  • perl-if hummingbird 1 0.61.000-525.2.hum1
  • perl-IO hummingbird 1 1.55-525.2.hum1
  • perl-ph hummingbird 1 5.42.2-525.2.hum1
  • perl-lib hummingbird 1 0.65-525.2.hum1
  • perl-mro hummingbird 1 1.29-525.2.hum1
  • perl-Net hummingbird 1 1.04-525.2.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:80394RHSA-2026:6206RHSA-2013:0685

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-6329 updated cvss 5.1

perl: possible arbitrary code execution via Locale::Maketext

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 perl
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) perl 5.8.8-40.el5_9, perl-suidperl 5.8.8-40.el5_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perl 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CGI 3.51-130.el6_4, perl-core 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CPAN 1.9402-130.el6_4, perl-libs 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-IO-Zlib 1.09-130.el6_4, +39 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perl 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CGI 3.51-130.el6_4, perl-core 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CPAN 1.9402-130.el6_4, perl-libs 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-IO-Zlib 1.09-130.el6_4, +39 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perl 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CGI 3.51-130.el6_4, perl-core 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CPAN 1.9402-130.el6_4, perl-libs 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-IO-Zlib 1.09-130.el6_4, +39 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perl 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CGI 3.51-130.el6_4, perl-core 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-CPAN 1.9402-130.el6_4, perl-libs 5.10.1-130.el6_4, perl-IO-Zlib 1.09-130.el6_4, +39 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0685
  • Red Hat Hardened Images perl 5.42.2-524.hum1, perl-B 1.89-524.hum1, perl-IO 1.55-524.hum1, perl-Tie 4.6-524.hum1, perl 5.42.2-525.2.hum1, perl-B 1.89-525.2.hum1, +192 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:6206

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/foswiki_maketext)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

63.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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