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CVE-2011-2728

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2728 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the File::Glob module for Perl versions prior to 5.14.2. An uninitialized pointer dereference can be triggered by a specially crafted glob expression using the GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC flag, leading to a crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-2728

perl: File:: Glob bsd_glob() crash with certain glob flags

Sep 26, 2011

References

cpansearch.perl.org / src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html
perl5.git.perl.org / perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77
blogs.oracle.com / sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/46172
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/49858