Vulnerability in Perl
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 an ability to inject arguments into a (1) getpeername, (2) readdir, (3) closedir, (4) getsockname, (5) rewinddir, (6) tell, or (7) telldir function call.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.089 (95.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.089 · newest: 0.089 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Perl — versions 5.10.0, 5.10.1
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.toucan-system.com/advisories/tssa-2011-03.txt (Exploit)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8248 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67355 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47766 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517916/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-0761?
- CVE-2011-0761 is a vulnerability in Perl. Published 2011-05-13.
- Is CVE-2011-0761 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.