CVE-2004-2022 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting ActivePerl 5.8.x and Larry Wall's Perl 5.6.1 and later versions when running on Windows. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a long argument to the system command. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating local access and low complexity are required, with a potential impact of partial availability loss. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog or the Hot List, exploit code for a similar issue in ActivePerl/Cygwin exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has seen some community discussion, though no active exploitation or media coverage is reported.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.1.630CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.1.630:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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