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CVE-2011-0761
Perl 5.10.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by leveraging…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.9%
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Description
Perl 5.10.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by leveraging an ability to inject arguments into a (1) getpeername, (2) readdir, (3) closedir, (4) getsockname, (5) rewinddir, (6) tell, or (7) telldir function call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 8248 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1025507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- perl-functions-dos(67355) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 47766 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20110509 TSSA-2011-03 - Perl : multiple functions null pointer dereference uppon parameters injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- 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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