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CVE-2015-8949
Use-after-free vulnerability in the my_login function in DBD::mysql before 4.033_01 allows attackers to have unspecified impact by…
Critical9.8EPSS 4.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3635 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160726 Re: Use after free in my_login() function of DBD::mysql (Perl module) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160725 Use after free in my_login() function of DBD::mysql (Perl module) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 92118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-51 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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