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CVE-2010-1158: perl Numeric Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 20-04-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-1158 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in perl. EPSS estimates a 2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.04%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 20-04-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in the regular expression engine in Perl 5.8.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) by matching a crafted regular expression against a long string.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.04% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.04%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Perl1 product
  • perl5.8.1 | 5.8.2 | 5.8.3 | 5.8.4 | 5.8.5 | 5.8.6 | 5.8.7 | 5.8.8 | 5.8.9

1 vendor · 1 product

References

6 links