Vulnerability in Mariadb
CVE-2020-14550
Vulnerability in the MySQL Client product of Oracle MySQL (component: C API). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.48 and prior, 5.7.30 and prior and 8.0.20 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Client. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Client. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
EPSS: 0.022 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mariadb
- Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager
- Netapp Oncommand_insight
- Netapp Oncommand_workflow_automation
- Oracle Mysql
- Oracle Corporation Mysql Server — versions 5.6.48 and prior, 5.7.30 and prior, 8.0.20 and prior
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32, 33
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-14550?
- CVE-2020-14550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mariadb. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-07-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-14550?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-14550 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.