CVE-2017-20230 (GCVE-0-2017-20230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 15:26 – Updated: 2026-04-21 18:22
VLAI
Title
Storable versions before 3.05 for Perl has a stack overflow
Summary
Storable versions before 3.05 for Perl has a stack overflow. The retrieve_hook function stored the length of the class name into a signed integer but in read operations treated the length as unsigned. This allowed an attacker to craft data that could trigger the overflow.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-21 16:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
CPANSec CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 273 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NWCLARK Storable Affected: 0 , < 3.05 (custom)
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