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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12723

regcomp.c in Perl before 5.30.3 allows a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression because of recursive S_study_chunk calls.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.97%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

regcomp.c in Perl before 5.30.3 allows a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression because of recursive S_study_chunk calls.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
5.97% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
perl/perl · netapp/oncommand workflow automation · netapp/snap creator framework · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · oracle/communications billing and revenue management · oracle/communications diameter signaling router · oracle/communications eagle application processor · oracle/communications eagle lnp application processor · oracle/communications lsms · oracle/communications offline mediation controller · oracle/communications performance intelligence center · oracle/configuration manager · oracle/enterprise manager base platform · oracle/sd-wan edge · oracle/tekelec platform distribution
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.