Bug 2521667 (CVE-2026-78183) - CVE-2026-78183 perl-DBD-Pg: DBD::Pg: Heap out-of-bounds write can lead to memory corruption.
Summary: CVE-2026-78183 perl-DBD-Pg: DBD::Pg: Heap out-of-bounds write can lead to mem...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-78183
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-23 20:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 11:19 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-23 20:01:26 UTC
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.


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