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.
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:nwclark:storable:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* |
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Nwclark
Nwclark storable |
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Nwclark
Nwclark storable |
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cvssV3_1
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Storable versions before 3.05 for Perl has a stack overflow | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-121 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published: 2026-04-21T15:26:18.216Z
Updated: 2026-04-21T18:22:25.354Z
Reserved: 2026-03-28T19:24:26.125Z
Link: CVE-2017-20230
Updated: 2026-04-21T18:22:25.354Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-04-21T16:16:18.077
Modified: 2026-04-22T17:36:04.653
Link: CVE-2017-20230
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