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CVE-2008-0227

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0227 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, including its use in MySQL, where a remote attacker can crash the server. This is achieved by sending a specially crafted Hello packet with a large size value, leading to a buffer over-read. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yassl:yassl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0227

CVE-2008-0227

References

bugs.mysql.com / 33814
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-23.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/28324
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28597
secunia.com / advisories/29443
secunia.com / advisories/32222
securityreason.com / securityalert/3531
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39433
support.apple.com / kb/HT3216
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1478
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485810/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27140
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/31681
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-588-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0560/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2780