--- title: "CVE-2014-4330\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4330?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-4330 Publication date 30 September 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The Dumper method in Data::Dumper before 2.154, as used in Perl 5.20.1 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via an Array-Reference with many nested Array-References, which triggers a large number of recursive calls to the DD\_dump function. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | perl | 15.10 wily | Not affected | | 15.04 vivid | Not affected | | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 5.14.2-6ubuntu2.5 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4330?format=md#patch-details) ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | perl | * Upstream: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4330) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4330) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4330) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4330) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2916-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2916-1) + Perl vulnerabilities + 2 March 2016 ### Other references * *