CVE-2026-78183

Public on 2026-08-23
Modified on 2026-08-26
Description
DBD::Pg version 3.21.0 for Perl has a heap out-of-bounds write in quote_float.

quote_float() allocates the length of the string + 1, which is the size of the bare numeric symbol plus NULL. But for special literals NaN, Inf, +Inf, -Inf, Infinity, +Infinity, -Infinity it emits the literal surrounded by quotes plus NULL, which is length + 3 bytes. Every recognised literal (case-insensitive) overflows by 2 bytes, a single quote and a NULL.

This can be reached by the $dbh->quote method, for example

$dbh->quote( "Infinity", DBI::SQL_NUMERIC ).

This regression was introduced in 3.21.0 by the quote.c rewrite.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core perl Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 perl Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core perl-DBD-Pg Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 perl-DBD-Pg Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L