7.5

CVE-2004-2286: activestate activeperl

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 04-08-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-2286 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in activestate activeperl. EPSS estimates a 8.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.00%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 04-08-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.00% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
8.00%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    ActivePerl 5.x / Larry Wall Perl 5.x - Duplication Operator Integer Overflow

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Activestate1 product
  • activeperl5.6.1 | 5.6.1.630 | 5.6.2 | 5.6.3 | 5.7.1 | 5.7.2 | 5.7.3 | 5.8 | 5.8.1 | 5.8.3
Larry_wall1 product
  • perl5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5.3 | 5.6 | 5.6.1 | 5.8.0 | 5.8.1 | 5.8.3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links