CVE-2015-0505

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.42 and earlier, and 5.6.23 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DDL.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.43; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.18 — fixed in 10.0.18, 5.5.43
MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.42; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.23
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 (+1)
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: 11-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.18, 5.5.43. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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