5.3

CVE-2013-7491: perl dbi Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-7491DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7491
Published 11-09-2020Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-7491 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in perl dbi. EPSS estimates a 2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2020:14510-1

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 1.628 for Perl. Stack corruption occurs when a user-defined function requires a non-trivial amount of memory and the Perl stack gets reallocated.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.66% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • libdbi-perl< 1.628-1
Perl1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libdbi-perl< 1.640-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links