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CVE-2003-1331

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the mysql_real_connect function in the MySql client library (libmysqlclient) 4.0.13 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long socket name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1453.

Affected products

• MySQL Server: through 4.0.9

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q2/1303.html
• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=564
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7887
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12337
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q2/1303.html
• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=564
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7887
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12337

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