CVE-2026-12844

liblist-someutils-xs-perl: List::SomeUtils::XS versions before 0.59 for Perl have a heap buffer overflow in the pairwise function

CVE-2026-12844 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12844, released June 26, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0066
51st percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
liblist-someutils-xs-perl · Debian 14 0.59-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12844 Jun 26, 2026
perl-List-SomeUtils-XS · Fedora 43 0.59-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-6217093B91 Aug 10, 2026
perl-List-SomeUtils-XS · opensuse-leap 16.0 0.58-160000.3.2 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21218-1 Jul 6, 2026
perl-List-SomeUtils-XS · sles 15.6 0.56-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2845-1 Jul 10, 2026
perl-List-SomeUtils-XS · sles 15.7 0.56-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2845-1 Jul 10, 2026
perl-List-SomeUtils-XS · sles 16.0 0.58-160000.3.2 SUSE-SU-2026:22559-1 Jul 6, 2026
perl-List-SomeUtils-XS-debuginfo · Fedora 43 0.59-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-6217093B91 Aug 10, 2026
perl-List-SomeUtils-XS-debugsource · Fedora 43 0.59-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-6217093B91 Aug 10, 2026

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