CVE-2023-47038

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    CVE-2023-47038

    Published: 18 Dec 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

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

    Details: 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.

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 44523d1ffde5f23de2e13216cdbac46357631904

    Affected versions

    v5.39.5
    v5.39.4
    v5.39.3
    v5.39.1
    v5.39.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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