{"cve":"CVE-2011-2728","nvd":{"published":"2012-12-21T05:46:14.527","modified":"2026-06-16T23:31:52.970","status":"Modified","description":"The bsd_glob function in the File::Glob module for Perl before 5.14.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a glob expression with the GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC flag, which triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html","http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77","http://secunia.com/advisories/46172","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858"],"products":["perl:perl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:27:27.940201468+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-2728","score":0.01385,"percentile":0.72224,"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."]}