Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8949

Title: Dbd-Mysql Project Dbd-Mysql Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8949.

CWE Category CWE-416
Published Date Aug 19, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.48%

Vulnerability Summary

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 leveraging a call to mysql_errno after a failure of my_login.

Impacted Vendors

D
dbd-mysql_project 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.html https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156 https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.html https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changes https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156 https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8949 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.