VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-1251

There is a vulnerability of type use-after-free affecting DBD::mysql (aka DBD-mysql or the Database Interface (DBI) MySQL driver for Perl) 3.x and 4.x before 4.041 when used with mysql_server_prepare=1.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 3.12%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 3.12% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-416
Affected: dbd-mysql project/dbd-mysql
Source: security@debian.org

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94573Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libdbd-mysql-perl.git/commit/?id=a8b97e4713391b1f8beffbfddac483c276feaff1Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/3619c170461a3107a258d1fd2d00ed4832adb1b1Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
https://tracker.debian.org/news/819888Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94573Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libdbd-mysql-perl.git/commit/?id=a8b97e4713391b1f8beffbfddac483c276feaff1Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/3619c170461a3107a258d1fd2d00ed4832adb1b1Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
https://tracker.debian.org/news/819888Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.