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CVE-2004-2286

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Activestate Activeperl: 5.6.1, 5.6.1.630, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, 5.7.1, 5.7.2 (+4)
• Larry Wall Perl: 5.3, 5.4, 5.4.5, 5.5, 5.5.3, 5.6 (+4)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0878.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10380
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16224
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0878.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10380
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16224

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