CVE-2008-3963

Mysql vulnerability

CVSS

4.0

EPSS

6.5%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Affected vendor

Mysql

Affected product

Mysql

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String

Published

2008-09-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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