Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.35 and earlier and 5.6.15 and earlier allows remote authenticat…

published 2014-07-17 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4172

cvss: 2.8; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.4%; EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 0; none known

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.35 and earlier and 5.6.15 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to ENFED.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 2

mariadb mariadb 5.5.36, 10.0.9

ubuntu red hat

mariadb-5.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4243

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mariadb55-mariadb RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el6
mariadb55-mariadb RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el7
mariadb55-mariadb-libs RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el6
mariadb55-mariadb-libs RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el7
mariadb55-mariadb-test RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el6
mariadb55-mariadb-test RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el7
mariadb55-mariadb-bench RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el6
mariadb55-mariadb-bench RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 5.5.40-10.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1862 RHSA-2014:1861 RHSA-2014:1860 RHSA-2014:1859

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-4243 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 2.8

mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to ENFED (CPU July 2014)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql, mysql-libs, mysql-test, mysql-bench, mysql-server, mysql-embedded
under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-2.el5
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1859
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-libs 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-server 5.5.40-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) mariadb-test 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-bench 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-embedded 5.5.40-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-libs 5.5.40-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) mariadb-test 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-bench 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-server 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-embedded 5.5.40-1.el7_0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1861
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-2.el5, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-2.el5
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1859
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-libs 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-test 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-bench 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-server 5.5.40-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) mariadb-embedded 5.5.40-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) mariadb 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-libs 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-test 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-bench 5.5.40-1.el7_0, mariadb-server 5.5.40-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) mariadb-embedded 5.5.40-1.el7_0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1861
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-1.el6, mariadb55-mariadb 5.5.40-10.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-1.el6, +4 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-1.el7, mariadb55-mariadb 5.5.40-10.el7, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-1.el7, +4 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-1.el6, mariadb55-mariadb 5.5.40-10.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-1.el6, +4 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-1.el6, mariadb55-mariadb 5.5.40-10.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-1.el6, +4 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-1.el6, mariadb55-mariadb 5.5.40-10.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-1.el6, +4 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-1.el6, mariadb55-mariadb 5.5.40-10.el6, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-1.el6, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-1.el6, +4 more

+1 more productsfewer

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) mysql55-mysql 5.5.40-1.el7, mariadb55-mariadb 5.5.40-10.el7, mysql55-mysql-libs 5.5.40-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-test 5.5.40-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-bench 5.5.40-1.el7, mysql55-mysql-server 5.5.40-1.el7, +4 more

fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1862
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) mariadb-galera
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	2.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds

References

lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2014-08/msg00012.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
vendor-advisory
oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/68611
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/94628
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
mailing-list, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
securitytracker.com /id/1030578
vdb-entry, broken-link, third-party-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/60425
third-party-advisory, not-applicable

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-4243
NVD CVE-2014-4243

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Summary