CVE-2011-0761: perl
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2011-0761 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in perl. EPSS estimates a 8.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 13-05-2011PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Perl 5.10.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by leveraging an ability to inject arguments into a (1) getpeername, (2) readdir, (3) closedir, (4) getsockname, (5) rewinddir, (6) tell, or (7) telldir function call.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
8.88%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 8.88% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
4 foundExploit Reference (toucan-system.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securitytracker.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- perl< 5.12.0-1
Perl1 product
- perl5.10.0 | 5.10.0:rc1 | 5.10.0:rc2 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1:rc1 | 5.10.1:rc2
2 vendors · 2 products
