CVE-2016-1251

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

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.

Affected products

Dbd-Mysql Project Dbd-Mysql: 3.0000_0, 3.0001_1, 3.0001_2, 3.0001_3, 3.0002_1, 3.0002_2 (+63)

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/28/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94573
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libdbd-mysql-perl.git/commit/?id=a8b97e4713391b1f8beffbfddac483c276feaff1
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/3619c170461a3107a258d1fd2d00ed4832adb1b1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
https://tracker.debian.org/news/819888
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/28/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94573
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libdbd-mysql-perl.git/commit/?id=a8b97e4713391b1f8beffbfddac483c276feaff1
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/3619c170461a3107a258d1fd2d00ed4832adb1b1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
https://tracker.debian.org/news/819888

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