VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2381

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability9.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references