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CVE-2006-3469 json

Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to c…

published 2006-07-18 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3464

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
31.1%
EPSS 31.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.

Patch / fix

  • mysql RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4
  • mysql-bench RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4
  • mysql-server RHEL 4 4.1.22-2.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0768

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-3469 updated

mysql server DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mysql 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-bench 4.1.22-2.el4, mysql-server 4.1.22-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0768

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28234)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

31.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28234 MySQL 4.x/5.x - Server Date_Format Denial of Service dos, 2006-07-18

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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