CVE-2016-1246

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

4.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2016-10-05 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-27

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fc7e3288431756e3a6a1f6291614a399f89ced2052ff9937ee50ba3d10091d24

• blogs.perl.orghttp://blogs.perl.org/users/mike_b/2016/10/security-release---buffer-overflow-in-dbdmysql-perl-library.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/7c164a0c86cec6ee95df1d141e67b0e85dfdefd2x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com93337http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93337vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3684http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3684vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-51https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO