CVE-2010-3840

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Gis_line_string::init_from_wkb function in sql/spatial.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.51 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by calling the PolyFromWKB function with Well-Known Binary (WKB) data containing a crafted number of (1) line strings or (2) line points.

Affected products

Mysql: 5.1.5, 5.1.23, 5.1.31, 5.1.32, 5.1.34, 5.1.37
MySQL Server: 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.6 (+47)

References

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=51875
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-51.html
http://lists.mysql.com/commits/117094
http://secunia.com/advisories/42875
http://secunia.com/advisories/42936
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2143
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:222
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:223
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0824.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0825.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0164.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43676

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