CVE-2026-78183 (GCVE-0-2026-78183)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-23 19:53 – Updated: 2026-08-25 19:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
DBD::Pg version 3.21.0 for Perl has a heap out-of-bounds write in quote_float
Summary
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
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-25 19:32 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
5 references
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