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CVE-2015-8949

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.49% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2015-8949
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.49%

Original NVD Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the my_login function in DBD::mysql before 4.033_01 allows attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call to mysql_errno after a failure of my_login.