Use-after-free vulnerability in DBD::mysql module for Perl allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or other impact

CVE-2017-10788 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The DBD::mysql module through 4.043 for Perl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering (1) certain error responses from a MySQL server or (2) a loss of a network connection to a MySQL server. The use-after-free defect was introduced by relying on incorrect Oracle mysql_stmt_close documentation and code examples.

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