CVE-2010-1158

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in the regular expression engine in Perl 5.8.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) by matching a crafted regular expression against a long string.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.62%
Third-Party Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313565 exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/3 mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/9 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580605
http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5100delta.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1158?
CVE-2010-1158 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1158?
To fix CVE-2010-1158, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-1158 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1158 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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