What is CVE-2024-55564?

CVE-2024-55564 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-55564?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in N/a

CVE-2024-55564

The POSIX::2008 package before 0.24 for Perl has a potential _execve50c env buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-55564?: CVE-2024-55564 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-55564?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.