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CVE-2010-1849

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1849 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in MySQL versions 5.0 through 5.0.91 and 5.1 before 5.1.47, affecting both Oracle and community MySQL distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to consume excessive CPU and bandwidth by sending oversized packets to the server. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a low-severity issue with no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0372 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql-0:5.0.95-1.el5_7.1
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: mysql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1849Low

mysql: over-sized packet denial of service vulnerability

May 13, 2010

References

bugs.mysql.com / bug.php
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-91.html
dev.mysql.com / doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-47.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
lists.mysql.com / commits/106060
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7328
support.apple.com / kb/HT4435
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1397-1