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 handled during a
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-10-29 14:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 09ca95abbbaf65e54b2688cb1d065dba3d7a311b1cff0d002755f549382495ad
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3023http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091023 CVE-2009-3626 assigment notification - Perl - perl-5.10.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8
- www.osvdb.org59283http://www.osvdb.org/59283
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comperl-utf8-expressions-dos(53939)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53939
- rt.perl.orghttp://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
- rt.perl.orghttp://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69973
- secunia.com37144http://secunia.com/advisories/37144
- perl5.git.perl.orghttp://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4
- www.securityfocus.com36812http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812
- securitytracker.com1023077http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.10.1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.10.1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.10.1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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