Vulnerability in Activestate Activeperl
CVE-2004-2286
Integer overflow in the duplication operator in ActivePerl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large multiplier, which may trigger a buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.080 (94.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.080 · newest: 0.080 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Activestate Activeperl — versions 5.6.1, 5.6.1.630, 5.6.2
- Larry Wall Perl — versions 5.3, 5.4, 5.4.5
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16224 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10380 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0878.html (mailing-list)