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CVE-2010-3838

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.92, 5.1 before 5.1.51, and 5.5 before 5.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a query that uses the (1) GREATEST or (2) LEAST function with a mixed list of numeric and LONGBLOB arguments, which is not properly handled when the function's result is "processed using an intermediate temporary table."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-3838 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from mysql, from oracle organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-01-14T19:02:43.560

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mysql	mysql	5.1.5	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.1.23	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.1.31	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.1.32	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.1.34	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.1.37	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.1	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.2	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.3	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.4	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.6	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.7	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.8	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.9	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.10	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.11	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.12	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.13	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.14	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.15	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.16	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.17	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.18	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.19	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.20	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.21	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.22	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.23	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.24	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.25	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.26	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.27	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.28	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.29	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.30	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.31	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.33	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.34	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.35	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.36	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.37	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.38	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.39	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.40	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.40	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.41	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.42	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.43	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.43	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.44	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.45	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.46	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.46	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.47	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.48	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.49	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.49	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.1.50	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.5.0	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.5.1	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.5.2	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.5.3	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.5.4	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.5.5	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.0	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.1	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.2	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.3	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.4	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.5	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.5.0.21	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.10	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.15	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.16	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.17	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.20	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.22.1.0.1	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.24	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.30	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.36	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.44	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.45b	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.54	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.56	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.60	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.66	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.82	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.84	Yes
Application	mysql	mysql	5.0.87	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.0	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.3	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.6	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.7	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.8	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.9	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.11	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.12	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.13	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.14	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.18	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.19	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.21	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.22	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.23	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.25	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.26	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.27	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.30	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.32	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.33	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.37	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.38	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.41	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.42	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.45	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.50	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.51	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.52	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.67	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.75	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.77	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.81	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.83	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.85	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.86	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.88	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.89	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.90	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	5.0.91	Yes

References

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=54461 ([email protected])
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-92.html ([email protected])
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-51.html ([email protected])
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-6.html ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42875 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42936 ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2143 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:222 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:223 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0825.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0164.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43676 ([email protected])
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-3j.txt ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0105 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0170 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0345 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640858 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64840 ([email protected])
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=54461 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-92.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-51.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-6.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42875 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42936 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2143 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:222 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:223 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0825.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0164.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43676 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-3j.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1017-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0105 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0170 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0345 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640858 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64840 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mysql's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.