Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perl package, versions <5.36.0-7+deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PERL-17966256
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed18 Dec 2023

Introduced: 18 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-47038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest perl to version 5.36.0-7+deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in perl 5.30.0 through 5.38.0. This issue occurs when a crafted regular expression is compiled by perl, which can allow an attacker controlled byte buffer overflow in a heap allocated buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1