CVE-2007-5925

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The convert_search_mode_to_innobase function in ha_innodb.cc in the InnoDB engine in MySQL 5.1.23-BK and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (database crash) via a certain CONTAINS operation on an indexed column, which triggers an assertion error.

Affected products

Mysql: through 5.1.23_bk

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198988
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32125
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/067350.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27568
http://secunia.com/advisories/27649
http://secunia.com/advisories/27823
http://secunia.com/advisories/28025
http://secunia.com/advisories/28040
http://secunia.com/advisories/28099
http://secunia.com/advisories/28108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28128

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