Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1246

Title: Perl Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1246.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Oct 05, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1246: 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.

Impacted Vendors

P
perl 1
L
larry_wall 1
D
dbd-mysql_project 1

Reference Links

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
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
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:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1246 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:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.