CVE-2014-6568

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.40 and earlier, and 5.6.21 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server : InnoDB : DML.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Debian Linux: 7.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 20
MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.41; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.16 — fixed in 10.0.16, 5.5.41
MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.40; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.21
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 7.0
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 10.0.16, 5.5.41. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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