CVE-2011-0761 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Perl 5.10.x, allowing attackers to crash applications via a NULL pointer dereference. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) can be triggered remotely without authentication by injecting arguments into specific Perl function calls. While no active exploitation is reported and community discussion is minimal, public exploit code exists, indicating a potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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