Vulnerability in MySQL
CVE-2007-1420
MySQL 5.x before 5.0.36 allows local users to cause a denial of service (database crash) by performing information_schema table subselects and using ORDER BY to sort a single-row result, which prevents certain structure elements from being initialized and triggers a NULL dereference in the filesort function.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MySQL — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
- Oracle MySQL — versions 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.32
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-36.html (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25196 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24609 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1127
- secunia.com/advisories/25389 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-440-1 (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-11.xml (vendor-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2413 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25946 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0908 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-1420?
- CVE-2007-1420 is a vulnerability in MySQL. Published 2007-03-12.
- Is CVE-2007-1420 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.