DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in sql_type_cast_svpv.

When casting to SQL_NUMERIC, sql_type_cast_svpv passes the string pointer and length of the SV to grok_number without stringifying it first. An integer (IV) or floating-point (NV) value has no valid string pointer, so grok_number reads from an invalid address, triggering a segmentation fault.

This is reachable in Perl using the sql_type_cast function:

my $num = 42;
DBI::sql_type_cast( $num, DBI::SQL_NUMERIC, 0 );

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4798-1 libdbi-perl security update
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to DBI 1.654 or later.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Important


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Description DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in sql_type_cast_svpv. When casting to SQL_NUMERIC, sql_type_cast_svpv passes the string pointer and length of the SV to grok_number without stringifying it first. An integer (IV) or floating-point (NV) value has no valid string pointer, so grok_number reads from an invalid address, triggering a segmentation fault. This is reachable in Perl using the sql_type_cast function: my $num = 42; DBI::sql_type_cast( $num, DBI::SQL_NUMERIC, 0 );
Title DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in sql_type_cast_svpv
Weaknesses CWE-843
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-28T18:10:34.583Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T08:47:49.901Z

Link: CVE-2026-88815

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-28T17:17:52.070

Modified: 2026-09-29T18:56:35.707

Link: CVE-2026-88815

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-28T16:04:22Z

Links: CVE-2026-88815 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T05:00:13Z

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