Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-3626
CVE-2009-3626
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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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =5.10.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4nvdPatch
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/37144nvdVendor Advisory
- rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.htmlnvd
- rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8nvd
- www.osvdb.org/59283nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53939nvd
- issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cginvd
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