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CVE-2006-3469

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3469 describes a format string vulnerability in MySQL Server versions 4.1.x prior to 4.1.21 and 5.0.x released before April 1, 2006. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger a denial of service by supplying a format string as the first parameter to the date_format function, leading to a crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, with an attack vector of network, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
26.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28234 · Jul 18, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2681 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: mysql-0:4.1.22-2.el4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-3469Low

mysql server DoS

Jun 27, 2006

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.mysql.com / bug.php
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/21147
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21366
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24479
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31226
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200608-09.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9827
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1112
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html
securityfocus.com / bid/19032
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-321-1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0930
Vendor Advisory