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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-78183 EUVD-2026-64665GHSA-6mq2-jf7v-pvjx

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

Published Aug 23, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— DBD-Pg 3.21.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libdbd-pg-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libdbd-pg-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libdbd-pg-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed perl-DBD-Pg 3.21.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11722-1

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