CVE-2009-0819 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a FilterExpr with ExtractValue() or UpdateXML()," which triggers an assertion failure.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.18% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mysql | mysql |
| oracle | mysql |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MySQL 6.0.9 - XPath Expression Remote Denial of Service | 2009-02-14 |
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=42495
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-32.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33972
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021786
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0594
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7544
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=42495
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-32.html
- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/news-6-0-10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33972
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021786
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0594
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7544
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