CVE-2020-14393
lowpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.1
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affected products (13)
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references (28)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00074.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/50046cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877409cnnvd
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/36f2a2c5fea36d7d47d6871e420286643460e71bPatchcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/cnnvd
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643cnnvd
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