Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-78183

CVE-2026-78183

CPANSec — DBD::Pg version 3.21.0 for Perl has a heap out-of-bounds write in quote_float

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
DBD-Pg3.21.0–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

advisorygithub.com/bucardo/dbdpg/security/advisories/GHSA-785p-fw3v-r822refmetacpan.org/release/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-3.21.1/source/Changespatchgithub.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/6d6f47ed2403cda55c82b1bad56e388ba7390065.patchrefgithub.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/adacf1de872326a465e13f9e4281a674ebcd227erefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/23/5