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CVE-2026-78183: DBD::Pg version 3.21.0 for Perl has a heap out-of-bounds write in quote_float

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-23 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

References

• https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/6d6f47ed2403cda55c82b1bad56e388ba7390065.patch
• https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/adacf1de872326a465e13f9e4281a674ebcd227e
• https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/security/advisories/GHSA-785p-fw3v-r822
• https://metacpan.org/release/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-3.21.1/source/Changes
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/23/5

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