CVE-2009-3626

N/A Unknown
Published: October 29, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37144
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.osvdb.org/59283
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69973
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37144
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/59283
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53939
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

perl