CVE-2011-2728
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2706)
- Published
- December 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2706 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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