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CVE-2004-2022

Published: May 10, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
2.1CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 26.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

ActivePerl 5.8.x and others, and Larry Wall's Perl 5.6.1 and others, when running on Windows systems, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the system command, which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: it is unclear whether this bug is in Perl or the OS API that is used by Perl.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
activeperlactivestate
Mixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
activestatecommercialUSOSS Librariesaka activestate

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16169
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=354145
perlmonks.org
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=108489112131099&w=2
marc.info
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Timeline

Published
May 10, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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