What is CVE-2013-7491?

CVE-2013-7491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl Dbi, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2013-7491?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2013-7491 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Perl Dbi

CVE-2013-7491

An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.628 for Perl. Stack corruption occurs when a user-defined function requires a non-trivial amount of memory and the Perl stack gets reallocated.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.027 (84.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Perl Dbi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

404notf0und/CVE-Flow

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-7491?: CVE-2013-7491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Perl Dbi, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2013-7491?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2013-7491 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.