CVE-2019-20919

perl-dbi: NULL profile dereference in dbi_profile()

Published Sep 17, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643 for Perl. The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for NULL and the code does that. But, shortly thereafter, it calls SvOK(profile), causing a NULL pointer dereference.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2386-1 libdbi-perl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-11452 An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.643 for Perl. The hv_fetch() documentation requires checking for NULL and the code does that. But, shortly thereafter, it calls SvOK(profile), causing a NULL pointer dereference.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4534-1 Perl DBI module vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0011}

epss

{'score': 0.00118}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 3:00 AM
Reserved
Sep 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 17, 2020, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:31 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jul 31, 2019, 12:00 AM