CVE-2006-1518
Buffer overflow in the open_table function in sql_base.cc in MySQL 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 38.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the open_table function in sql_base.cc in MySQL 5.0.x up to 5.0.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted COM_TABLE_DUMP packets with invalid length values.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- MySQL 5.0.20 - COM_TABLE_DUMP Memory Leak/Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1741remote, linuxpublished 2 May 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 36 days later
· 36 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.4% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References21
- 20060502 MySQL COM_TABLE_DUMP Information Leakage and Arbitrary commandexecution. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-1079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1633 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 839 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 17780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-21.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20241 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mysql-comtabledump-bo(26232) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20333 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365939 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1016016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- VU#602457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1522 (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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