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CVE-2016-1246

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Dbd-Mysql Project Dbd-Mysql: through 4.036
• Debian Linux: 8.0

References

• http://blogs.perl.org/users/mike_b/2016/10/security-release---buffer-overflow-in-dbdmysql-perl-library.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3684
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93337
• https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/7c164a0c86cec6ee95df1d141e67b0e85dfdefd2
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
• http://blogs.perl.org/users/mike_b/2016/10/security-release---buffer-overflow-in-dbdmysql-perl-library.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3684
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93337
• https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/7c164a0c86cec6ee95df1d141e67b0e85dfdefd2
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51

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