DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow...

9.8 / 10

CRITICAL

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

Description

DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with more than 9 binders.

The preparse method expands SQL placeholder characters to numbered binders of the form :pN, but only allocates three characters per binder in the buffer. Placeholders 10-99 require four characters, 100-999 require five characters, et cetera.

AI Analysis

Heap overflow in DBI preparse method when handling SQL statements with more than 9 binders

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-10879

Source CPANSec

Published Jun 5, 2026 at 14:30

Modified Jun 8, 2026 at 16:55

Affected Product

Vendor HMBRAND

Product DBI

Affected Versions HMBRAND DBI 0

CWE Classification

CWE-787

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.8 / 10

AI Severity Critical

Vendor HMBRAND

Product DBI

Version < 1.648

References

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