CVE-2025-21523 (GCVE-0-2025-21523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-21 20:53 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:57
VLAI
Summary
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.40 and prior, 8.4.3 and prior and 9.1.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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 14:37 UTC
CWE
  • Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Oracle Corporation MySQL Server Affected: * , ≤ 8.0.40 (custom)
Affected: * , ≤ 8.4.3 (custom)
Affected: * , ≤ 9.1.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:8.0.40_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:8.4.3_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:9.1.0_and_prior:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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