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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2009-0663 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module 1.49 for Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to ex…

published 2009-04-30 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0665

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DBD::Pg (aka DBD-Pg or libdbd-pg-perl) module 1.49 for Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified input to an application that uses the getline and pg_getline functions to read database rows.

Patch / fix

  • libdbd-pg-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0663

  • php RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.9-2.el5s2
  • httpd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 2.2.11-2.el5s2
  • mysql RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.79-2.el5s2
  • mod_jk RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 1.2.28-2.el5s2
  • php-gd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.9-2.el5s2
  • mod_ssl RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 1:2.2.11-2.el5s2
  • php-cli RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.9-2.el5s2
  • php-dba RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.9-2.el5s2

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1067RHSA-2009:0479

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0663 updated cvss 5.1

perl-DBD-Pg: pg_getline buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) perl-DBD-Pg 1.49-2.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) perl-DBD-Pg 1.49-2.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0479

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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