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CVE-2014-4260

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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, and 5.6.17 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect integrity and availability via vectors related to SRCHAR.

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; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.17
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
• 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.securityfocus.com/bid/68573
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030578
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94621

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