CVE-2010-3838
MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.92, 5.1 before 5.1.51, and 5.5 before 5.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.92, 5.1 before 5.1.51, and 5.5 before 5.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a query that uses the (1) GREATEST or (2) LEAST function with a mixed list of numeric and LONGBLOB arguments, which is not properly handled when the function's result is "processed using an intermediate temporary table."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-51.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1397-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- mysql-longblob-dos(64840) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1017-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-06-23-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- TLSA-2011-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-92.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 43676 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640858 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42936 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=54461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0825 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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-2010-3817 (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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