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CVE-2008-3963
MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka…
Medium4.0EPSS 6.5%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (23)
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1397-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request: MySQL empty bit-string literal server crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2554 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-671-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/237166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- mysql-bitstring-dos(45042) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1783 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1289 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 32769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34907 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080909 CVE request: MySQL empty bit-string literal server crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 36566 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020858 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10521 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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)
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