CVE-2016-1251

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Published 2016-11-29 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.1

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.1

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

88%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.041-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.041-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.041-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.041-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.041-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0000_0`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0001_1`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0001_2`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0001_3`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0002_1`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0002_2`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0002_3`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0002_4`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0002_5`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0003_1`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0004_1`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0005`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0005_1`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0007_2`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0008_1`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`3.0009_1`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.00`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.001`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.002`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.003`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.004`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.005`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.006`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.007`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.008`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.009`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.010`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.011`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.012`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.013`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.014`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.015`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.016`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.017`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.018`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.019`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.020`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.021`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.022`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.023`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.024`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.025`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.026`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.027`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.028`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.029`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.030_01`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.030_02`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.031`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.032`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.032_01`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.032_02`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.032_03`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.033`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.033_01`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.033_02`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.033_03`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.034`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.035`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.035_01`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.035_02`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.035_03`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.036`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.037`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.037_01`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.038`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.038_01`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.039`
dbd-mysql_project	dbd-mysql	`4.040`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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