CVE-2014-4330

Published: Sep 30, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

2.1

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The Dumper method in Data::Dumper before 2.154, as used in Perl 5.20.1 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via an Array-Reference with many nested Array-References, which triggers a large number of recursive calls to the DD_dump function.

Affected (2)

Products: Perl: Perl · Data Dumper Project: Data Dumper

1 product

Data Dumper Project

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Perl Perl	Up to 5.20.1

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Data Dumper Project Data Dumper	Up to 2.151

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (32)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0406.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139441.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128422/Perl-5.20.1-Deep-Recursion-Stack-Overflow.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/84

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/692

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/61441

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/61961

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:136

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220118.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533543/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70142

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96216

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Data-Dumper/Changes

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2014-06-10.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0406.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139441.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128422/Perl-5.20.1-Deep-Recursion-Stack-Overflow.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/84

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/692

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/61441

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/61961

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:136

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220118.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533543/100/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70142

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96216

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Data-Dumper/Changes

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2014-06-10.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

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