MySQL 5.x before 5.0.36 allows local users to cause a denial of service (database crash) by performing information_schema table subselects…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-36.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24609 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1127 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 25389 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-440-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• GLSA-200705-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 2413 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 25946 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20070309 SEC Consult SA-20070309-0 :: MySQL 5 Single Row Subselect Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 24483 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1017746 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.sec-consult.com/284.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 30351 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=24630 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 22900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0364 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• 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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-1420](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-1420.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-1420)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:59 UTC.