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CVE-2025-21494 (GCVE-0-2025-21494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-21 20:52 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:57
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Summary
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.2 and prior and 9.0.1 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.1 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Severity
4.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-23 16:46 UTC
CWE
  • Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server.
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Oracle Corporation MySQL Server Affected: * , ≤ 8.0.39 (custom)
Affected: * , ≤ 8.4.2 (custom)
Affected: * , ≤ 9.0.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:8.0.39_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:8.4.2_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:9.0.1_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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