CVE-2001-0815: Activestate Activeperl

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 14.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in PerlIS.dll in Activestate ActivePerl 5.6.1.629 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request for a long filename that ends in a .pl extension.

Affected products

• Activestate Activeperl: up to and including 5.6.1.629

Published 2001-12-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.