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CVE-2016-1251
There is a vulnerability of type use-after-free affecting DBD::mysql (aka DBD-mysql or the Database Interface (DBI) MySQL driver for Perl)…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
DBD::mysql before 4.041
- affected DBD::mysql before 4.041
References
6
- https://tracker.debian.org/news/819888 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/28/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libdbd-mysql-perl.git/commit/?id=a8b97e4713391b1f8beffbfddac483c276feaff1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/3619c170461a3107a258d1fd2d00ed4832adb1b1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-51 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-2350 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-1251)Record last updated .