CVE-2004-0377 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0377?

CVE-2004-0377 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the win32_stat function for (1) ActiveState's ActivePerl and (2) Larry Wall's Perl before 5.8.3 allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that end in a backslash character.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0377?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Activestate Activeperl, Larry Wall Perl.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0377?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2004-0377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2004-2286 Integer overflow in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2001-0815 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2012-5377 Privilege escalation in n/a Medium 6.0
• CVE-2006-2856 Privilege escalation in n/a Medium 4.6
• CVE-2004-2022 Memory corruption in n/a Low 2.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rm2p-jhqp-33q2, openSUSE-SU-2025:15377-1.