CVE-2008-0226
Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 91.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the ProcessOldClientHello function in handshake.cpp or (2) "input_buffer& operator>>" in yassl_imp.cpp.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules2 modules
- MySQL yaSSL SSL Hello Message Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/mysql/mysql_yassl_helloRank gooddisclosed 4 Jan 2008
- MySQL yaSSL SSL Hello Message Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/mysql/mysql_yassl_helloRank averagedisclosed 4 Jan 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- MySQL yaSSL (Windows) - SSL Hello Message Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16701remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- MySQL yaSSL (Linux) - SSL Hello Message Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16849remote, linuxpublished 9 May 2010Verified
- MySQL 6.0 yaSSL 1.7.5 - Hello Message Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9953remote, linuxpublished 4 Jan 2008Verified
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
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By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 91.6% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
21
- DSA-1478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29443 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080104 Multiple vulnerabilities in yaSSL 1.7.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3531 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 31681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.mysql.com/33814 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28597 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080104 Pre-auth buffer-overflow in mySQL through yaSSL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28419 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-588-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- yassl-inputbufferoperator-bo(39431) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- yassl-processoldclienthello-bo(39429) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2008-0238 (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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