Vulnerability CVE-2004-2286
Published: 2004-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Larry wall -> PERL 
Activestate -> Activeperl 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16224
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10380
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0878.html
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