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 );
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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Solution
Upgrade to DBI 1.654 or later.
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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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-28T18:10:34.583Z
Reserved: 2026-09-10T08:47:49.901Z
Link: CVE-2026-88815
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-28T17:17:52.070
Modified: 2026-09-28T19:16:50.483
Link: CVE-2026-88815
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-28T19:47:50Z
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