CVE-2018-2755

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: April 19, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:56 AM UTC
15 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Replication). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.59 and prior, 5.6.39 and prior and 5.7.21 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in MySQL Server, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.3510.1.0 ≤ v < 10.1.3310.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.155.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.60
Affected range stops below 10.0.35, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.2.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.60, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≥ 7.3v ≥ 9.5
All versions
All versions
v ≤ 5.5.59v ≤ 5.6.39v ≤ 5.7.215.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.595.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.6.395.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.7.21

References (17)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103807
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1254
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2439
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2729
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3655
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1258

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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