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CVE-2014-2494

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.37 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to ENARC.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.38; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.12 — fixed in 10.0.12, 5.5.38
• MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.37
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 11-sp3, 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp3, 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp3, 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.12, 5.5.38. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-08/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60425
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2985
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030578
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-08/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html

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