ALPINE-CVE-2020-12723
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
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Published: 05 Jun 2020, 15:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:46
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
05 Jun 2020, 15:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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 Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Systems
- alpine•perl
< 5.28.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.30.3-r0 | < 5.26.3-r1