CVE-2004-2286

highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.080 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

8.00% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-122USLLM-inferredCWE-190USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-24130ActivePerl 5.x / Larry Wall Perl 5.x - Duplication Operator Integer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
activestate activeperl= 5.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.6.1.630nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl= 5.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry wall perl= 5.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2004-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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