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.

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.

EPSS: 0.087 (94.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Perl — versions 5.10.0, 5.10.1
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cret@cert.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cret@cert.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)

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.