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medium 5.0

CVE-2007-3780 json

MySQL Community Server before 5.0.45 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed password packet in…

published 2007-07-15 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3764

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.1%
EPSS 14.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MySQL Community Server before 5.0.45 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed password packet in the connection protocol.

Patch / fix

  • mysql RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-libs RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-test RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-bench RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-server RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql-cluster RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
  • mysql RHEL 4 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1
  • mysql RHEL 5 5.0.22-2.1.0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0894RHSA-2007:0875

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-2007-3780 updated

mysql malformed password crasher

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) mysql 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-libs 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-cluster 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1 Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) mysql 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-libs 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-test 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-bench 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-server 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1, mysql-cluster 5.0.44-1.el4s1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0894
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mysql 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-test 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-bench 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-server 5.0.22-2.1.0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-test 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-bench 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-server 5.0.22-2.1.0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-test 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-bench 5.0.22-2.1.0.1, mysql-server 5.0.22-2.1.0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mysql 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-bench 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1, mysql-server 4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1.0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0875

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Exploit prediction

14.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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