FKIE_CVE-2026-73194

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 13:17 - Updated: 2026-08-15 13:17
Severity
Summary
DBI versions before 1.652 for Perl allow a heap out-of-bounds write via an unvalidated numeric placeholder that sets the binder counter in preparse. preparse reserves seven output bytes per input byte, the width of the longest ':p99999' expansion. The ':N' branch parses the number with `atoi(src)` and assigns it to the binder counter with no range check, so a statement containing ':2147483648' leaves the counter negative (-2147483648 with glibc, where atoi wraps). Each following '?' then expands through `sprintf(start, ":p%d", idx++)` to ':p-2147483648', 14 bytes with the terminating NUL where the buffer budgets 7. The placeholder limit added in 1.650 tests the counter against 99,999, which a negative counter passes. Any caller that preparses an untrusted statement into ':pN' style placeholders gets a heap out-of-bounds write that grows with the number of '?' marks following the poisoned placeholder. The '?' and '%s' return styles compare the parsed number against the expected sequence and error out, and are unaffected.
References
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441ehttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/29b72ae7d2a8114a734a55840bf1c45b89207809.patch
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441ehttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-623j-hfpc-mrc4
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441ehttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10879
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441ehttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14739
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "modules": [
            "DBI"
          ],
          "packageName": "DBI",
          "packageURL": "pkg:cpan/DBI",
          "programFiles": [
            "DBI.xs"
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "preparse"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "1.652",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "DBI versions before 1.652 for Perl allow a heap out-of-bounds write via an unvalidated numeric placeholder that sets the binder counter in preparse.\n\npreparse reserves seven output bytes per input byte, the width of the longest \u0027:p99999\u0027 expansion. The \u0027:N\u0027 branch parses the number with `atoi(src)` and assigns it to the binder counter with no range check, so a statement containing \u0027:2147483648\u0027 leaves the counter negative (-2147483648 with glibc, where atoi wraps). Each following \u0027?\u0027 then expands through `sprintf(start, \":p%d\", idx++)` to \u0027:p-2147483648\u0027, 14 bytes with the terminating NUL where the buffer budgets 7. The placeholder limit added in 1.650 tests the counter against 99,999, which a negative counter passes.\n\nAny caller that preparses an untrusted statement into \u0027:pN\u0027 style placeholders gets a heap out-of-bounds write that grows with the number of \u0027?\u0027 marks following the poisoned placeholder. The \u0027?\u0027 and \u0027%s\u0027 return styles compare the parsed number against the expected sequence and error out, and are unaffected."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-73194",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-15T13:17:48.433",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T13:17:48.433",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "url": "https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/29b72ae7d2a8114a734a55840bf1c45b89207809.patch"
    },
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "url": "https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-623j-hfpc-mrc4"
    },
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10879"
    },
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14739"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-787"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-1284"
        }
      ],
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}



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