CVE-2026-12844 PUBLISHED

List::SomeUtils::XS versions before 0.59 for Perl have a heap buffer overflow in the pairwise function

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 21.06.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

List::SomeUtils::XS versions before 0.59 for Perl have a heap buffer overflow in the pairwise function.

pairwise() collects the values returned by the block into a heap buffer sized to the longer input array, then grows the buffer before each copy with a single quadrupling (alloc <<= 2) instead of a loop. A block call that returns more than four times the current allocation in one invocation outgrows that one quadrupling, and the copy writes past the end of the buffer.

Any caller of pairwise() whose block returns, for a single pair, more than four times the longer input array's length writes past the buffer and corrupts the heap.

Product Status

Vendor DROLSKY
Product List::SomeUtils::XS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.59 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to List::SomeUtils::XS 0.59 or later.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write CWE
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE