CVE-2001-0815 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in PerlIS.dll in Activestate ActivePerl 5.6.)
Buffer overflow in PerlIS.dll in Activestate ActivePerl 5.6.1.629 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request for a long filename that ends in a .pl extension.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0815 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-12-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in PerlIS.dll in Activestate ActivePerl 5.6.1.629 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request for a long filename that ends in a .pl extension. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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