CVE-2024-14030

Public on 2026-03-31
Modified on 2026-04-03
Description
Sereal::Decoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl is vulnerable to a buffer overwrite flaw in the Zstandard library.

Sereal::Decoder embeds a version of the Zstandard (zstd) library that is vulnerable to CVE-2019-11922. This is a race condition in the one-pass compression functions of Zstandard prior to version 1.3.8 could allow an attacker to write bytes out of bounds if an output buffer smaller than the recommended size was used.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core perl Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 perl Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 perl-Sereal-Encoder Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H