CVE-2018-3174

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 17, 2018 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:57 AM UTC
8 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxMySQL Server

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Client programs). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.61 and prior, 5.6.41 and prior, 5.7.23 and prior and 8.0.12 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. While the vulnerability is in MySQL Server, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected

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

10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.3710.1.0 ≤ v < 10.1.3710.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.1910.3.0 ≤ v < 10.3.115.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.62
Affected range stops below 10.0.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.1.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.2.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.3.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.62, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≥ 7.3v ≥ 9.5
All versions
All versions
v ≤ 5.5.61v ≤ 5.6.41v ≤ 5.7.23v ≤ 8.0.125.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.615.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.6.415.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.7.238.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.0.12

References (12)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105612
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041888
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
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00004.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00007.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-24

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

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CWE
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