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.
Published: 2020-09-17
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0011}

epss

{'score': 0.00118}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Opensuse Leap
Perl Dbi
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T03:00:18.776Z

Reserved: 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-20919

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-17T18:15:12.147

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:39:41.417

Link: CVE-2019-20919

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-20919 - Bugzilla

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