CVE-2020-14393: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 31 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.2 only
• Perl Database Interface: before 1.643 (fixed in 1.643)

Published 2020-09-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.