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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| NWCLARK | Storable | unaffected |
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Solution
Upgrade to Storable version 3.05 or newer.
Workaround
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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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-21T16:29:10.971Z
Reserved: 2026-03-28T19:24:26.125Z
Link: CVE-2017-20230
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2026-04-21T16:28:46.584Z
NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-04-21T16:16:18.077
Modified: 2026-04-21T17:16:19.790
Link: CVE-2017-20230
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