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CVE-2001-0815

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in PerlIS.dll in Activestate ActivePerl 5.6.1.629 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request for a long filename that ends in a .pl extension.

Affected products

• Activestate Activeperl: through 5.6.1.629

References

• http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18062
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100583978302585&w=2
• http://www.osvdb.org/678
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3526
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7539
• http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18062
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100583978302585&w=2
• http://www.osvdb.org/678
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3526
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7539

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