# CVE-2013-7491: An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.628 for Perl.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=85562
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/401f1221311c71f760e21c98772f0f7e3cbead1d
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/Changes#Changes-in-DBI-1.628-22nd-July-2013

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