CVE-2026-78183: DBD::Pg version 3.21.0 for Perl has a heap out-of-bounds write in quote_float
Robert Rothenberg 23 Aug 2026 19:55 UTC
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CVE-2026-78183 CPAN Security Group
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CVE ID: CVE-2026-78183
Distribution: DBD-Pg
Versions: 3.21.0
MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg
VCS Repo: https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg
DBD::Pg version 3.21.0 for Perl has a heap out-of-bounds write in
quote_float
Description
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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.
Problem types
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- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Solutions
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Upgrade to version 3.21.1 or later.
References
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https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/security/advisories/GHSA-785p-fw3v-r822
https://metacpan.org/release/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-3.21.1/source/Changes
https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/6d6f47ed2403cda55c82b1bad56e388ba7390065.patch
https://github.com/bucardo/dbdpg/commit/adacf1de872326a465e13f9e4281a674ebcd227e