Description
An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643 for Perl. The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for NULL and the code does that. But, shortly thereafter, it calls SvOK(profile), causing a NULL pointer dereference.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643-...
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/eca7d7c8f43d96f6277e86d1000e842eb4cc67ff
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4534-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00012.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00013.html
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
29.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
31
opensuse/leap
15.1
opensuse/leap
15.2
perl/dbi
< 1.643
Published
Sep 17, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026