CVE-2010-1158
Integer overflow in the regular expression engine in Perl 5.8.x allows context-dependent...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2010-1158- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-189
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2010-1158- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-1188 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2010-1188- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x7qj-rq8p-vh9r No score
Integer overflow in the regular expression engine in Perl 5.8.x allows context-dependent...
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.
- Record
GHSA-x7qj-rq8p-vh9r- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-1158 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Perl, published April 20, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.04%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313565
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/3
secunia.com/advisories/55314
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580605
perldoc.perl.org/perl5100delta.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1158
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7qj-rq8p-vh9r