CVE-2003-1480: MySQL

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

MySQL 3.20 through 4.1.0 uses a weak algorithm for hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the password via brute force methods.

Affected products

• MySQL MySQL: version 4.1.0 only
• Oracle MySQL: version 3.20 only; version 3.20.32a only; version 3.21 only; version 3.22 only; version 3.22.26 only; version 3.22.27 only; …

Published 2003-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.