Better? Probably not. Just for fun!

#! perl -slw
use strict;

my $bug_fix_msg =       "this 33,44 is a fix for mybug44,99 real \
                        bug 99 again   bug33r bug1722,3 bUg:99, \
                        bugs:456, 17,   24 bugs 42,58 bug:  50,50";

my @bugs = sort{$a<=>$b} keys %{{ map {
    map{  $_ => 1 } split ',\s*', $_;
} $bug_fix_msg =~ m[
    \bbug s? :? \s* ( \d+\b (?: , \s* \d+\b )* )
]gmsx }};

print "@bugs";
__END__
C:\test>junk3
3 17 24 42 50 58 99 456 1722
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