Unscored severity · published Oct 29, 2009
CVE-2009-3626
Perl 5.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a UTF-8 character with a large, invalid codepoint, which is not properly…
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CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Perl 5.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a UTF-8 character with a large, invalid codepoint, which is not properly handled during a regular-expression match.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PE
Perl · Perl
5.10.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3626
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3626
Patch
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4
rt.perl.org
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69973
rt.perl.org
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37144
securitytracker.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8
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