CVE-2004-2022
ActivePerl 5.8.x and others, and Larry Wall's Perl 5.6.1 and others, when running on Windows systems, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the system command, which leads to a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ActivePerl 5.8.x and others, and Larry Wall's Perl 5.6.1 and others, when running on Windows systems, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the system command, which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: it is unclear whether this bug is in Perl or the OS API that is used by Perl.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.74% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- activestate/activeperl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0905.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108489894009025&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108482796105922&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108483058514596&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108489112131099&w=2
- http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/ActivePerlSystemBOF.txtExploit
- http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=354145Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10375Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16169
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0905.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108489894009025&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108482796105922&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108483058514596&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108489112131099&w=2
- http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/ActivePerlSystemBOF.txtExploit
- http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=354145Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10375Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16169
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.