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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Redhat enterprise Linux Aus
Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Fedoraproject fedora
Fedoraproject

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

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • enterprise_linux_aus
  • enterprise_linux_eus

perl

  • perl

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write