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CVE-2008-3963 json

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…

published 2008-09-10 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3948

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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 cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Patch / fix

  • mysql RHEL 5 5.0.77-3.el5
  • mysql-test RHEL 5 5.0.77-3.el5
  • mysql-bench RHEL 5 5.0.77-3.el5
  • mysql-server RHEL 5 5.0.77-3.el5
  • php RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.9-2.el5s2
  • httpd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 2.2.11-2.el5s2
  • mysql RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.0.79-2.el5s2
  • mod_jk RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 1.2.28-2.el5s2

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1289RHSA-2009:1067

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-2008-3963 updated cvss 2.7

MySQL: Using an empty binary value leads to server crash

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mysql 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-test 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-bench 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-server 5.0.77-3.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-test 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-bench 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-server 5.0.77-3.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) mysql 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-test 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-bench 5.0.77-3.el5, mysql-server 5.0.77-3.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1289

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32348)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32348 MySQL 6.0.4 - Empty Binary String Literal Remote Denial of Service dos, 2008-03-28

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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