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.
2004-12-31T05:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.6.1 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.6.1.630 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.6.2 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.6.3 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.7.1 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.7.2 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.7.3 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.8 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.8.1 | Yes |
| Application | activestate | activeperl | 5.8.3 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.3 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.4 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.4.5 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.5 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.6 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.6.1 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.8.0 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.8.1 | Yes |
| Application | larry_wall | perl | 5.8.3 | Yes |