CVE-2010-4777

Perl <5.10.0-14.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch function in Perl 5.10.0, 5.12.0, 5.14.0, and other versions, when running with debugging enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via crafted input that is not properly handled when using certain regular expressions, as demonstrated by causing SpamAssassin and OCSInventory to crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Vladimir Perepelitsa · perldosmultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35489

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References (7)

[Various Sources] https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/postfixbuch-users/2011-February/055885.html

[Various Sources] https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76538

[Issue Tracking] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628836

[Various Sources] http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=7215

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00025.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694166

Scores

EPSS 0.0546

EPSS Percentile 90.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (3)

perl/perl 5.10

perl/perl 5.12.0

perl/perl 5.14.0

Published Feb 10, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026