CVE-2015-8949

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-08-19 21:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

84ddfacf52e1377107230cf5363a7b9d4ecb5887961a0fd164da96744ccb714b

• github.comhttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156x_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.fuzzing-project.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/Changesx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3635http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160726 Re: Use after free in my_login() function of DBD::mysql (Perl module)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160725 Use after free in my_login() function of DBD::mysql (Perl module)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com92118http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-51https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO