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CVE-2012-1151

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1151 describes multiple format string vulnerabilities in the DBD::Pg Perl module (versions prior to 2.19.0). These flaws allow a malicious PostgreSQL database server to trigger a denial of service (process crash) in a client application via specially crafted database warnings or DBD statements. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0274 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: perl-DBD-Pg-0:1.49-4.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: perl-DBD-Pg-0:2.15.1-4.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1151Moderate

perl-DBD-Pg: Format string flaws by turning db notices into Perl warnings and by preparing DBD statement

Feb 27, 2012

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
cpansearch.perl.org / src/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-2.19.1/Changes
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1116.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48307
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48319
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48824
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201204-08.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73854
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73855
rt.cpan.org / Public/Bug/Display.html
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2431
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/09/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/10/4