CVE-2020-12723 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in regcomp.c of Perl versions prior to 5.30.3, stemming from recursive S_study_chunk calls when processing crafted regular expressions. This flaw primarily impacts products like Fedora, NetApp, OpenSUSE, Oracle, and Perl itself. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a network-exploitable, low-complexity attack vector that could lead to high availability impact, though confidentiality and integrity are not directly affected. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.30.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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