CVE-2015-8949
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the my_login function in DBD::mysql before 4.033_01 allows attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call to mysql_errno after a failure of my_login.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.52% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-08-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| dbd-mysql project | dbd-mysql |
| debian | debian linux |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.html
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.html
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
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