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DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer
Type: advisorySources: OSV
DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer. Error messages that were returned when RaiseError, PrintError or HandleError were set were written to a 200-byte buffer without a length limit. Attackers that can influence the error text in an application can trigger a buffer overflow.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2026-9698
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 21:57 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 9 Jun 2026, 07:22 UTC
DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer. Error messages that were returned when RaiseError, PrintError or HandleError were set were written to a 200-byte buffer without a length limit. Attackers that can influence the error text in an application can trigger a buffer overflow.
osv:CVE-2026-9698
Complete source record
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"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38512",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38513",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38901",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53371",
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