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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in YVES Sereal::Encoder up to 4.009_002 on Perl. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Compression Handler. Performing a manipulation results in vulnerable third-party component. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-14031. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in YVES Sereal::Encoder up to 4.009_002 on Perl. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Compression Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a vulnerable third-party component vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1395. The product has a dependency on a third-party component that contains one or more known vulnerabilities. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sereal::Encoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl is vulnerable to a buffer overwrite flaw in the Zstandard library. Sereal::Encoder 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 at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-14031 since 03/29/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/31/2026).

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: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Vulnerable third-party component
CWE: CWE-1395
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/29/2026 CVE reserved
03/31/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
03/31/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/31/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2024-14031 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-14031
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-354369

Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2026 14:43
Changes: 03/31/2026 14:43 (54)
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Cache ID: 216:058:103

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