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CVE-2020-14393

perl-dbi: Buffer overflow on an overlong DBD class name

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 1, 2019

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI before version 1.643 in DBI.xs. This flaw allows a local attacker who can supply a string longer than 300 characters to cause an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write