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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-4484

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CertDecoder::GetName function in src/asn.cpp in TaoCrypt in yaSSL before 1.9.9, as used in mysqld in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.90, MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.43, MySQL 5.5.x through 5.5.0-m2, and other products,…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 69.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 69.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CertDecoder::GetName function in src/asn.cpp in TaoCrypt in yaSSL before 1.9.9, as used in mysqld in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.90, MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.43, MySQL 5.5.x through 5.5.0-m2, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) by establishing an SSL connection and sending an X.509 client certificate with a crafted name field, as demonstrated by mysql_overflow1.py and the vd_mysql5 module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: this was originally reported for MySQL 5.0.51a.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
69.55% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
oracle/mysql · wolfssl/yassl · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · mariadb/mariadb
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.