{"cve":"CVE-2011-1487","nvd":{"published":"2011-04-11T18:55:03.773","modified":"2026-06-16T23:29:28.700","status":"Modified","description":"The (1) lc, (2) lcfirst, (3) uc, and (4) ucfirst functions in Perl 5.10.x, 5.11.x, and 5.12.x through 5.12.3, and 5.13.x through 5.13.11, do not apply the taint attribute to the return value upon processing tainted input, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35"],"products":["perl:perl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-1487","score":0.1058,"percentile":0.95782,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}