CVE-2020-14393

HIGH

perl-DBI < 1.643 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in DBI.xs

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs. A local attacker who is able to supply a string longer than 300 characters could cause an out-of-bounds write, affecting the availability of the service or integrity of data.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877409
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-121 CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 31
opensuse/leap 15.2
perl/database_interface < 1.643
Published Sep 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026