YVES Sereal::Decoder up to 4.009_002 on Perl Compression vulnerable third-party component

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in YVES Sereal::Decoder up to 4.009_002 on Perl. Affected is the function Sereal::Decoder of the component Compression Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to vulnerable third-party component. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-14030. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in YVES Sereal::Decoder up to 4.009_002 on Perl. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function Sereal::Decoder of the component Compression Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a vulnerable third-party component vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1395. The product has a dependency on a third-party component that contains one or more known vulnerabilities. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Sereal::Decoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl embeds a vulnerable version of 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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-14030 since 03/28/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/25/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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Class: Vulnerable third-party component
CWE: CWE-1395
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/28/2026 CVE reserved
03/31/2026 +2 days Advisory disclosed
03/31/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/25/2026 +116 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-w77f-wv46-4vcx
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-14030 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-14030
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-354364

Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2026 14:42
Updated: 07/25/2026 12:36
Changes: 03/31/2026 14:42 (55), 07/25/2026 12:36 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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