MEDIUM
Stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function in MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field
Published Aug 16, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.33%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the init_syms function in MySQL 4.0 before 4.0.25, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 5.0 before 5.0.7-beta allows remote authenticated users who can create user-defined functions to execute arbitrary code via a long function_name field.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.10
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.5a
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.18
- 4.0.20
- 4.0.21
- 4.0.24
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 5.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.33% 0.02328
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02328
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.33% (0.02328) | 82.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.33% (0.02328) | 81.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 14.80% (0.14800) | 94.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05071) | 89.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 14.80% (0.14800) | 94.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05071) | 89.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 14.80% (0.14800) | 94.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05071) | 89.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 14.80% (0.14800) | 93.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.99% (0.11993) | 89.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.61% (0.15609) | 94.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 86.93% (0.86930) | 98.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 95.92% (0.95920) | 99.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 6, 2023 | 96.77% (0.96765) | 99.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 96.88% (0.96881) | 99.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.02% (0.97019) | 99.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.09% (0.09085) | 94.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.09% (0.09085) | 93.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.09% (0.09085) | 86.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (19)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.18.1/SCOSA-2006.18.1.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-August/035845.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112354450412427&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17027 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20381 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29847 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-236703-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/mysql/2005-002.html x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-829 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-831 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-833 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:163 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14509 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1326/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21737 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-180-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-180-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 16, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 16, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2558
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a