CVE-2018-3081

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v3.1)
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: 2018-07-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Client component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Client programs). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.60 and prior, 5.6.40 and prior, 5.7.22 and prior and 8.0.11 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Client. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Client as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Client accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.0 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.61; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.35; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.33; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.15 — fixed in 10.0.35, 10.1.33, 10.2.15, 5.5.61
OnCommand Insight: all versions
NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation: all versions
NetApp SnapCenter: all versions
NetApp Storage Automation Store: all versions
MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.60; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.40; from 5.7.0 through 5.7.22; from 8.0.0 through 8.0.11
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.35, 10.1.33, 10.2.15, 5.5.61. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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