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CVE-2014-4330 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0406.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139441.html	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128422/Perl-5.20.1-Deep-Recursion-Stack-Overflow.html	CVE	Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/84	CVE	Exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/692	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/61441	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/61961	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96216	CVE
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731	CVE
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Data-Dumper/Changes	CVE
https://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2014-06-10.txt	CVE	Exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:136	CVE
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220118.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533543/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70142	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1	CVE
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0406.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139441.html	[email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128422/Perl-5.20.1-Deep-Recursion-Stack-Overflow.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/84	[email protected]	Exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/692	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/61441	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/61961	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96216	[email protected]
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731	[email protected]
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Data-Dumper/Changes	[email protected]
https://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2014-06-10.txt	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:136	[email protected]
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220118.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533543/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70142	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
perl perl	<= 5.20.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
data dumper project data dumper	<= 2.151
CPE cpe:2.3:a:data_dumper_project:data_dumper:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 24, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 2, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]