CVE-2020-14393
HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2020 at 01:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:54 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLeap
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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
A buffer overflow was found in perl-DBI < 1.643 in DBI.xs. A local attacker who is able to supply a string longer than 300 characters could cause an out-of-bounds write, affecting the availability of the service or integrity of data.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%v < 1.643
Affected range stops below 1.643, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00074.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877409
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00067.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00074.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877409Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00026.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JXLKODJ7B57GITDEZZXNSHPK4VBYXYHR/x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.643CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-121CWE-787
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