Vulnerability in Perl

CVE-2013-1667

The rehash mechanism in Perl 5.8.2 through 5.16.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted hash key.

EPSS: 0.035 (87.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Perl — versions 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References