CVE-2013-7490: canonical ubuntu_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-7490 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-09-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.632 for Perl. Using many arguments to methods for Callbacks may lead to memory corruption.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.