CVE-2023-47038

Summary

CVE-2023-47038 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Perl versions 5.30.0 through 5.38.0. This issue arises when the Perl interpreter compiles a specially crafted regular expression, resulting in a heap-allocated buffer overflow. An attacker who exploits this vulnerability can manipulate the application's memory, potentially leading to code execution or denial-of-service attacks. It is recommended that users upgrade to the latest stable Perl release to mitigate this risk.

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