Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.37 and earlier and 5.6.17 and earlier allows remote authenticat…

published 2014-07-17 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4187

cvss: 6.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.5%; EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits: 0; none known

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.37 and earlier and 5.6.17 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to SRINFOSC.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 3

mariadb mariadb 5.5.38, 10.0.12

ubuntu red hat suse

mysql-5.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.38-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
mysql-5.6 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.6.19-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
mariadb-5.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4258

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2014:1940 RHSA-2014:1937 RHSA-2014:1861 RHSA-2014:1860 RHSA-2014:1859

mariadb SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +2 more 10.0.16-15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0743-1

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-2014-4258 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 6.5

mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SRINFOSC (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 OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 mariadb-galera 5.5.40-2.el6ost, mariadb-galera-common 5.5.40-2.el6ost, mariadb-galera-server 5.5.40-2.el6ost
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1937
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 mariadb-galera 5.5.40-2.el7ost, mariadb-galera-common 5.5.40-2.el7ost, mariadb-galera-server 5.5.40-2.el7ost
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1940
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

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Exploit prediction

3.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds

References

lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2014-08/msg00012.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
debian.org /security/2014/dsa-2985
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
vendor-advisory
oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
vendor-advisory
vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/68564
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/94620
vdb-entry, 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-2014-4258
NVD CVE-2014-4258

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary