01 Record
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 an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-10 15:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c08c712fe4c659b9427e911c0611474bbb801ceffc5ba5d16ee34bcf0145b49e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- bugs.mysql.comhttp://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:094http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
- dev.mysql.comhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1397-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1067http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
- dev.mysql.comhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html
- dev.mysql.comhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request: MySQL empty bit-string literal server crashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/7
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2554http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2554
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-671-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/237166
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commysql-bitstring-dos(45042)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45042
- www.debian.orgDSA-1783http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1783
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1289http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html
- secunia.com32769http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
- secunia.com32759http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- secunia.com34907http://secunia.com/advisories/34907
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080909 CVE request: MySQL empty bit-string literal server crashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/4
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:025http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- secunia.com36566http://secunia.com/advisories/36566
- secunia.com31769http://secunia.com/advisories/31769
- www.securitytracker.com1020858http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020858
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10521https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10521