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CVE-2011-2728
The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5.14.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5.14.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a glob expression with the GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC flag, which triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-15484 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 49858 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 46172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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