CVE-2024-56406

Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.4)—

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in Perl.

Release branches 5.34, 5.36, 5.38 and 5.40 are affected, including development versions from 5.33.1 through 5.41.10.

When there are non-ASCII bytes in the left-hand-side of the `tr` operator, `S_do_trans_invmap` can overflow the destination pointer `d`.

$ perl -e '$_ = "\x{FF}" x 1000000; tr/\xFF/\x{100}/;' Segmentation fault (core dumped)

It is believed that this vulnerability can enable Denial of Service and possibly Code Execution attacks on platforms that lack sufficient defenses.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 8.4

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.54%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 43
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Impacto principalT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution75 %
Impacto secundarioT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact80 %

Acceso local (AV:L) sin interacción usuario. Desbordamiento de búfer en el intérprete Perl que permite ejecución de código o DoS. El vector CVSS de AV:L/PR:N/UI:N indica escalada local de privilegios (T1068). Los impactos son ejecución arbitraria (T1059) y potencial negación de servicio (T1499.004).

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Execution Prevention Threat Intelligence Program Restrict Web-Based Content Privileged Account Management Limit Software Installation Filter Network Traffic

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Perl — Perl

CWE

CWE-122, CWE-787
CWE-787

Referencias

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