CVE-2024-56406

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 43.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-04-13 13:16Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-16 14:04Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-12-23

Assigning CNA

CPANSec

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e87bb745f0bee71f2cc0bebc3fe41c8ef1e517b6b43fcb6c0db919d2e0969ba6

• github.comhttps://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/87f42aa0e0096e9a346c9672aa3a0bd3bef8c1dd.patchpatch
• metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.38.4/changesrelease-notes
• metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.2/changesrelease-notes
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/13/3
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/13/4
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/13/5