CVE-2010-4777
The Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch function in Perl 5.10.0, 5.12.0, 5.14.0, and other versions, when running with debugging enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via crafted input that is not properly handled when using certain regular expressions, as demonstrated by causing SpamAssassin and OCSInventory to crash.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 6.0% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4742)
- Published
- February 10, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4742 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- perl / perl
- perl / perl
- perl / perl
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628836
- http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=7215
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00025.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694166
- https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/postfixbuch-users/2011-February/055885.html
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76538
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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