CVE-2009-2446: MySQL

High severity, CVSS 8.5. EPSS: 10.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the dispatch_command function in libmysqld/sql_parse.cc in mysqld in MySQL 4.0.0 through 5.0.83 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via format string specifiers in a database name in a (1) COM_CREATE_DB or (2) COM_DROP_DB request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• MySQL MySQL: version 4.1.0 only; version 4.1.2 only; version 4.1.3 only; version 4.1.8 only; version 4.1.10 only; version 4.1.12 only; …
• Oracle MySQL: version 4.0.0 only; version 4.0.1 only; version 4.0.2 only; version 4.0.3 only; version 4.0.4 only; version 4.0.5 only; …

Published 2009-07-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.