perl: File:: Glob bsd_glob() crash with certain glob flags
Published Dec 21, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.39%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 5.14.1
- 1.00
- 1.01
- 1.20
- 1.21
- 1.22
- 1.31
- 1.32
- 1.40
- 1.41
- 1.42
- 1.43
- 1.44
- 1.45
- 1.46
- 1.47
- 1.48
- 1.49
- 2.0.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.3.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.8.0
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.2
- 2.8.3
- 2.8.4
- 2.8.5
- 2.8.6
- 2.8.7
- 2.8.8
- 2.9.0
- 2.9.1
- 2.9.2
- 2.10.0
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.2
- 2.10.3
- 2.10.4
- 2.10.5
- 2.10.6
- 2.10.7
- 2.11.0
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.11.4
- 2.11.5
- 2.11.6
- 2.11.7
- 2.11.8
- 2.12.0
- 2.13.0
- 2.14.0
- 2.14.1
- 2.15.0
- 2.15.1
- 2.16.0
- 2.16.1
- 2.17.0
- 2.17.1
- 2.17.2
- 2.18.0
- 2.18.1
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.1
- 5.8.0
- 5.8.1
- 5.8.2
- 5.8.3
- 5.8.4
- 5.8.5
- 5.8.6
- 5.8.7
- 5.8.8
- 5.8.9
- 5.8.10
- 5.9.2
- 5.10
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.1
- 5.10.1
- 5.10.1
- 5.11.0
- 5.11.1
- 5.11.2
- 5.11.3
- 5.11.4
- 5.11.5
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.0
- 5.12.1
- 5.12.1
- 5.12.1
- 5.12.2
- 5.12.2
- 5.12.3
- 5.12.3
- 5.12.3
- 5.12.3
- 5.13.0
- 5.13.1
- 5.13.2
- 5.13.3
- 5.13.4
- 5.13.5
- 5.13.6
- 5.13.7
- 5.13.8
- 5.13.9
- 5.13.10
- 5.13.11
- 5.14.0
- 5.14.0
- 5.14.0
- 5.14.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
perl
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
perl
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
perl
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | perl | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | perl | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | perl | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this flaw to be a security issue. The flags argument passed to the bsd_glob() function is solely under the control of the script author.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01385) | 71.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.40% (0.01397) | 68.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 64.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 80.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 79.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 14, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 77.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00718) | 77.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46172 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2728 Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742236 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2728
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2728
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069752.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1af4051e077438976a4c12a0622feaf6715bec77 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/46172 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2728 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_2728_denial_of1 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742236 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742987 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2728 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2728 |
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