CVE-2015-8949

critical

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51

https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45

https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156

https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8805

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-08-19

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H