HIGH
perl: DoS in rehashing code
Published Mar 12, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.58%
Description
The rehash mechanism in Perl 5.8.2 through 5.16.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted hash key.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5.8.2
- 5.8.3
- 5.8.4
- 5.8.5
- 5.8.6
- 5.8.7
- 5.8.8
- 5.8.9
- 5.8.10
- 5.10
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.1
- 5.10.1
- 5.10.1
- 5.11.0
- 5.11.1
- 5.11.2
- 5.11.3
- 5.11.4
- 5.11.5
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.1
- 5.12.1
- 5.12.1
- 5.12.2
- 5.12.2
- 5.12.3
- 5.12.3
- 5.12.3
- 5.12.3
- 5.12.4
- 5.13.0
- 5.13.1
- 5.13.2
- 5.13.3
- 5.13.4
- 5.13.5
- 5.13.6
- 5.13.7
- 5.13.8
- 5.13.9
- 5.13.10
- 5.13.11
- 5.14.0
- 5.14.0
- 5.14.0
- 5.14.0
- 5.14.1
- 5.14.2
- 5.14.3
- 5.16.0
- 5.16.1
- 5.16.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
perl-4:5.8.8-40.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0685
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
perl-4:5.10.1-130.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0685
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | perl-4:5.8.8-40.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0685 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | perl-4:5.10.1-130.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0685 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.58% 0.03577
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03577
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.58% (0.03577) | 89.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.58% (0.03577) | 87.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 3.61% (0.03606) | 87.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 1.92% (0.01918) | 82.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 7, 2025 | 3.61% (0.03606) | 87.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 4.82% (0.04818) | 89.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 2.58% (0.02583) | 85.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 4.82% (0.04818) | 89.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.39% (0.03392) | 86.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.62% (0.08619) | 87.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.03% (0.03033) | 85.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.84% (0.01842) | 88.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 1.84% (0.01842) | 88.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01757) | 86.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (25)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702296 x_refsource_MISC
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137891988921058&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://osvdb.org/90892 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/6e79fe5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/9d83adc x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/d59e31f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52472 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52499 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2641 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/03/msg199755.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58311 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1770-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1667 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912276 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82598 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1667
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18771 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0094 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1667
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 12, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 13, 2013
Link CVE-2013-1667
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a