HIGH
Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the ProcessOldClientHello function in handshake.cpp or (2) "input_buffer& operator>>" in yassl_imp.cpp
Published Jan 10, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 91.60%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the ProcessOldClientHello function in handshake.cpp or (2) "input_buffer& operator>>" in yassl_imp.cpp.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.15
- 5.0.16
- 5.0.17
- 5.0.20
- 5.0.24
- 5.0.30
- 5.0.36
- 5.0.44
- 5.0.54
- 5.0.56
- 5.0.60
- 5.0.66
- 5.1.5
- 5.0.23
- 5.0.25
- 5.0.26
- 5.0.28
- 5.0.30
- 5.0.32
- 5.0.34
- 5.0.36
- 5.0.38
- 5.0.40
- 5.0.41
- 5.0.42
- 5.0.44
- 5.0.45
- 5.0.46
- 5.0.48
- 5.0.50
- 5.0.50
- 5.0.51
- 5.0.52
- 5.0.56
- 5.0.58
- 5.0.60
- 5.0.62
- 5.0.64
- 5.0.66
- 5.1
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.1.3
- 5.1.4
- 5.1.6
- 5.1.7
- 5.1.8
- 5.1.9
- 5.1.10
- 5.1.11
- 5.1.12
- 5.1.13
- 5.1.14
- 5.1.15
- 5.1.16
- 5.1.17
- 5.1.18
- 5.1.19
- 5.1.20
- 5.1.21
- 5.1.22
Configuration 4
- 5.0
Configuration 5
OR
- 6.06
- 6.10
- 7.04
- 7.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of MySQL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, Red Hat Application Stack v1, and v2, as they are not built with yaSSL support.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
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.
91.60% 0.91602
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.91602
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 91.60% (0.91602) | 99.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 91.60% (0.91602) | 99.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 92.11% (0.92107) | 99.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 90.43% (0.90432) | 99.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 91.94% (0.91936) | 99.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 90.14% (0.90142) | 99.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 91.94% (0.91936) | 99.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 90.14% (0.90142) | 99.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 91.94% (0.91936) | 99.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 97.38% (0.97377) | 99.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 97.41% (0.97415) | 99.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 6, 2024 | 97.43% (0.97426) | 99.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 97.45% (0.97447) | 99.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 97.45% (0.97455) | 99.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 97.44% (0.97439) | 99.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.41% (0.97415) | 99.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 94.60% (0.94602) | 99.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 94.60% (0.94602) | 99.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (24)
- http://bugs.mysql.com/33814 x_refsource_CONFIRMPermissions Required
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html x_refsource_CONFIRMNot Applicable
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28324 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28419 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28597 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29443 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3531 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1478 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:150 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485810/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485811/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27140 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-588-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0560/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0226 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39429 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39431 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0226
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0226
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 10, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0226
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a