CVE-2014-6520

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.38 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to SERVER:DDL.

Affected products

MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.39; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.13 — fixed in 10.0.13, 5.5.39
MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.38
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.13, 5.5.39. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70510
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70510

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