CVE-2017-20230

CRITICAL

Perl Storable <3.05 retrieve_hook - Stack Overflow

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0
EPSS 0.0064
EPSS Percentile 46.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-121
Status published
Products (2)
NWCLARK/Storable < 3.05
nwclark/storable < 3.05
Published Apr 21, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 21, 2026