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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-2728 · published 21 December 2012

CVE-2011-2728: Perl vulnerability

Perl · Perl

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.4% · top 28.6%
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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
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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-2728), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-10). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.