Is CVE-2010-1158 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1158 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1158?

CVE-2010-1158 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-1158

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 2.0% (81th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1188)
Published: April 20, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1188 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

perl / perl
perl / perl
perl / perl
perl / perl
perl / perl
perl / perl
perl / perl
perl / perl
perl / perl

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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