CVE-2004-2286

Exp

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.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2286 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.78%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2286

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24130 exploit_db edb 2004-05-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2286

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-13 24.93% 22.78% -2.15%
2 2026-01-20 7.52% 24.93% +17.41%
3 2025-09-02 — 7.52% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2286

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2286

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2286

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
activestate activeperl 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.6.1.630 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.1.630:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
activestate activeperl 5.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2286

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