CVE-2011-2728
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.
- EPSS
- 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- perl:perl
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