Bug 2548972 (CVE-2026-107373)

Summary: CVE-2026-107373 perl-extutils-typemaps-default: perl-extutils-typemaps-default: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read on non-string input
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A flaw was found in perl-extutils-typemaps-default. When converting Perl values to C++ strings in the T_STD_STRING typemap, the length of an argument may be evaluated before string conversion occurs due to unspecified argument evaluation order. An attacker who supplies non-string input, such as a number or reference, can trigger an out-of-bounds read. This issue causes the application to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-10 13:01:54 UTC
ExtUtils::Typemaps::STL::String versions before 1.06 for Perl T_STD_STRING typemap may read the SV length before stringifying the argument.

The typemap uses

    $var = std::string( SvPV_nolen($arg), SvCUR($arg) )

However, evaluation order for C++ arguments is not specified, and some compilers may produce code that evalutes SvCUR($arg) first.

When $arg is not a string (for example, an interger, number or a reference) then SvCUR will return an invalid value, and the program may abort or segfault.