CVE-2023-47038

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Oct 2025, 18:15

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References
  • () https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/12c313ce49b36160a7ca2e9b07ad5bd92ee4a010 -
  • () https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/7047915eef37fccd93e7cd985c29fe6be54650b6 -
  • () https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/ff1f9f59360afeebd6f75ca1502f5c3ebf077da3 -
  • () https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/discussions/8400 -
  • () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-47100 -
  • () https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47100.html -
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - Third Party Advisory, Broken Link () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - Broken Link, Third Party Advisory

27 Mar 2025, 14:42

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References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - Vendor Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - Third Party Advisory, Broken Link
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNEEWAACXQCEEAKSG7XX2D5YDRWLCIZJ/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNEEWAACXQCEEAKSG7XX2D5YDRWLCIZJ/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5382delta#CVE-2023-47038-Write-past-buffer-end-via-illegal-user-defined-Unicode-property - () https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5382delta#CVE-2023-47038-Write-past-buffer-end-via-illegal-user-defined-Unicode-property - Vendor Advisory
First Time Redhat enterprise Linux Aus
Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Fedoraproject fedora
Fedoraproject
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

21 Nov 2024, 08:29

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References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNEEWAACXQCEEAKSG7XX2D5YDRWLCIZJ/ -
  • () https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5382delta#CVE-2023-47038-Write-past-buffer-end-via-illegal-user-defined-Unicode-property -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - Vendor Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1056746 - Mailing List, Patch () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1056746 - Mailing List, Patch
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523 - Issue Tracking
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.0

16 Sep 2024, 16:15

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References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNEEWAACXQCEEAKSG7XX2D5YDRWLCIZJ/', 'source': 'secalert@redhat.com'}
  • {'url': 'https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5382delta#CVE-2023-47038-Write-past-buffer-end-via-illegal-user-defined-Unicode-property', 'source': 'secalert@redhat.com'}

30 May 2024, 14:15

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Summary (en) A vulnerability was found in perl. 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. (en) 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.

22 May 2024, 17:16

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128 -

30 Apr 2024, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228 -

28 Mar 2024, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5382delta#CVE-2023-47038-Write-past-buffer-end-via-illegal-user-defined-Unicode-property -

05 Feb 2024, 07:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNEEWAACXQCEEAKSG7XX2D5YDRWLCIZJ/ -

29 Dec 2023, 22:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-787
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523 - Issue Tracking
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1056746 - () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1056746 - Mailing List, Patch

18 Dec 2023, 14:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-12-18 14:15

Updated : 2025-10-07 18:15


NVD link : CVE-2023-47038

Mitre link : CVE-2023-47038

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-47038


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Products Affected

fedoraproject

  • fedora

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_aus
  • enterprise_linux_eus
  • enterprise_linux

perl

  • perl
CWE
CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write