CVE-2005-0799: Oracle MySQL

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

MySQL 4.1.9, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers with certain privileges to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a use command followed by an MS-DOS device name such as (1) LPT1 or (2) PRN.

Affected products

• Oracle MySQL: version 4.1.9 only

Published 2005-03-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.