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CVE-2010-4777 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628836	CVE
http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=7215	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00025.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694166	CVE
https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/postfixbuch-users/2011-February/055885.html	CVE
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76538	CVE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628836	[email protected]
http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=7215	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00025.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694166	[email protected]
https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/postfixbuch-users/2011-February/055885.html	[email protected]
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76538	[email protected]

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
perl perl	5.10 5.12.0 5.14.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.12.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.14.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]