CVE-2011-5049 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MySQL 5.5.8 specifically when running on Microsoft Windows. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted packet to TCP port 3306, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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