CVE-2008-3963
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 6.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3948)
- Published
- September 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3948 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mysql / mysql
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References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35658
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-66.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-26.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-6.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31769(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34907(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36566
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1783(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/7
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020858
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-671-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2554(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/237166
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10521
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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