Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2381

Title: Perl Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2381.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Apr 08, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
9.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2381: Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

Impacted Vendors

I
ingres 1
H
hitachi 1
O
oracle 5
P
perl 1
L
larry_wall 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2381 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.