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CVE-2005-2558
Stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function in MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta allows…
Medium4.6EPSS 2.3%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function in MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- DSA-831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- mysql-user-defined-function-bo(21737) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20050808 [AppSecInc Advisory MYSQL05-V0002] Buffer Overflow in MySQL User Defined Functions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- USN-180-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-180-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-833 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20381 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 236703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:167803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/mysql/2005-002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050808 [AppSecInc Advisory MYSQL05-V0002] Buffer Overflow in MySQL User Defined Functions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1326 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17027 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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