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

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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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CVE-2026-88815
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2 Nov 2026, 17:24 UTC · Revision 1

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

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Sept 2026, 16:04 UTC

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 );

osv:CVE-2026-88815
Complete source record
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