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CVE-2020-12723 Perl

Affected softwarePerl
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessCWE-120
Published5 Jun 2020
Updated14 Oct 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 6.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

16 products, 21 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 31
nvd netapp oncommand workflow automation generic any version
nvd netapp snap creator framework generic any version
nvd opensuse leap generic 15.1
nvd oracle communications billing and revenue management generic 12.0.0.2.0 · 12.0.0.3.0
nvd oracle communications diameter signaling router generic ≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.5.0
nvd oracle communications eagle application processor generic ≥ 16.1.0 and ≤ 16.4.0
nvd oracle communications eagle lnp application processor generic 10.1 · 10.2
nvd oracle communications lsms generic ≥ 13.1 and ≤ 13.4
nvd oracle communications offline mediation controller generic 12.0.0.3.0
nvd oracle communications performance intelligence center generic ≥ 10.3.0.0.0 and ≤ 10.3.0.2.1 · ≥ 10.4.0.1.0 and ≤ 10.4.0.3.1
nvd oracle configuration manager generic 12.1.2.0.8
nvd oracle enterprise manager base platform generic 13.4.0.0
nvd oracle sd-wan edge generic 8.2 · 9.0 · 9.1
nvd oracle tekelec platform distribution generic ≥ 7.4.0 and ≤ 7.7.1
nvd perl perl generic < 5.30.3

References

URLTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16947 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17743 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/66bbb51b93253a3f87d11c2695cfb7bdb782184a Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2020-06-05By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.