VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-1246
Buffer overflow in the DBD::mysql module before 4.037 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to an error message.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.06%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the DBD::mysql module before 4.037 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to an error message.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.06% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- dbd-mysql project/dbd-mysql · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://blogs.perl.org/users/mike_b/2016/10/security-release---buffer-overflow-in-dbdmysql-perl-library.htmlThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3684Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/7c164a0c86cec6ee95df1d141e67b0e85dfdefd2Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blogs.perl.org/users/mike_b/2016/10/security-release---buffer-overflow-in-dbdmysql-perl-library.htmlThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3684Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/7c164a0c86cec6ee95df1d141e67b0e85dfdefd2Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.