Vulnerability in MySQL

CVE-2006-3469

Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.290 (98.1th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2006-3469: held from 0.290 to 0.290.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.290 · newest: 0.290 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • MySQL — versions 4.1.8, 4.1.12, 4.1.13
  • Oracle MySQL — versions 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-3469?
CVE-2006-3469 is a vulnerability in MySQL, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. Published 2006-07-21.
Is CVE-2006-3469 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.