Record summary

CVE-2010-4777 has a selected CVSS score of 4.3; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.

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.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Catalogued exploits
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Proofs of concept

1

Catalogued exploits

ExploitDBPerl 5.x - 'Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch()' Remote Denial of ServiceExploitDB exploitby Vladimir PerepelitsaNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDB

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