Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-78183 (2026-08-23)

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.

NAME

Bundle::DBD::Pg - A bundle to install all DBD::Pg related modules

SYNOPSIS

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::DBD::Pg'

CONTENTS

DBI

DBD::Pg

DESCRIPTION

This bundle includes all the modules needed for DBD::Pg (the Perl interface to the Postgres database system). Please feel free to ask for help or report any problems to dbd-pg@perl.org.

AUTHOR

Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>