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CVE-2006-7232

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-7232 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MySQL versions 5.0.x before 5.0.32 and 5.1.x before 5.1.14, including Canonical Ubuntu Linux distributions. Authenticated remote attackers can crash the database by executing an EXPLAIN SELECT FROM statement on the INFORMATION_SCHEMA table, particularly when using an ORDER BY clause. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a partial availability impact with medium access complexity, and is classified under CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, < 5.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1, < 5.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,637 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql-0:5.0.45-7.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-7232Low

mysql: daemon crash via EXPLAIN on queries on information schema

Sep 16, 2006

References

bugs.mysql.com / bug.php
PatchVendor Advisory
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-32.html
Vendor Advisory
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-14.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29443
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30351
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31687
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11720
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/28351
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-588-1
Third Party Advisory