CVE-2007-5925 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the InnoDB engine of MySQL versions 5.1.23-BK and earlier. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the database by performing a specific CONTAINS operation on an indexed column, triggering an assertion error within the convert_search_mode_to_innobase function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in a partial denial of service. While no active exploitation is reported, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.23_bkCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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