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CVE-2023-47038

Perl: write past buffer end via illegal user-defined unicode property

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.34.3, 5.36.3, 5.38.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • perl

    From 5.30.0 · fixed in 5.34.3; From 5.36.0 · fixed in 5.36.3; From 5.38.0 · fixed in 5.38.2

  • perl:5.32

    Version range not reported

  • perl

    Version range not reported

  • perl

    Version range not reported

  • perl

    Version range not reported

  • perl

    Version range not reported

  • perl:5.30/perl

    Version range not reported

References 5

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bugs.debian.org

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