How many CVEs have patched string?

1 published CVEs changed string in perl/perl5, in 1 distinct patches totalling 10 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.

What is the latest CVE that changed string?

CVE-2026-12087 (Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read), published 2026-06-15, changed lines 222 to 225 of cpan/Socket/Socket.pm.

How does string compare to the rest of perl/perl5?

perl/perl5 has 15 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed string.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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string

Name: string in perl/perl5: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

cpan/Socket/Socket.pm

Last patched June 15, 2026

1

CVEs

That changed this function

1

Distinct patches

Backports counted once

10

Lines changed

Added plus removed

2026

Years

By CVE publication date

Overview

string in perl/perl5 was changed by 1 published CVE fixes in 2026, in 1 distinct patches that added or removed 10 lines in total.

perl/perl5 has 15 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 7% of them touched this function.

CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed string, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read
CVE-2026-12087 · lines 222–225 · +8 −2 in 2 hunks
Critical · CVSS 9.1
EPSS 0.4%2026-06-15

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Other functions in these files

Functions in the same file that CVE fixes also changed.

1

addresscpan/Socket/Socket.pm

1 CVEs · 1 patches2026

2structurecpan/Socket/Socket.pm1 CVEs · 1 patches2026

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Functions in perl/perl5 changed by the most CVE fixes.

structure1 CVEs · cpan/Socket/Socket.pm address1 CVEs · cpan/Socket/Socket.pm braid1 CVEs · cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/zlib-src/crc32.c get_crc_table1 CVEs · cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/zlib-src/crc32.c make_crc_table1 CVEs · cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/zlib-src/crc32.c crc32_z1 CVEs · cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/zlib-src/crc32.c

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about CVE fixes to string.

How many CVEs have patched string?: 1 published CVEs changed string in perl/perl5, in 1 distinct patches totalling 10 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.
What is the latest CVE that changed string?: CVE-2026-12087 (Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read), published 2026-06-15, changed lines 222 to 225 of cpan/Socket/Socket.pm.
How does string compare to the rest of perl/perl5?: perl/perl5 has 15 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed string.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

References

Fix locations are computed by RadicalNotion.AI from the upstream patch diff of each CVE. CVE data is sourced from the CVE Program.

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