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CVE-2014-4260

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4260 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server versions 5.5.37 and earlier, and 5.6.17 and earlier, impacting products like Debian, MariaDB, and SUSE. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to compromise data integrity and availability through vectors related to SRCHAR. With a CVSS score of 5.5, it has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, but requires authentication for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat profile.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0348 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (16)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.40-2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mariadb-1:5.5.40-1.el7_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: mariadb-galera-0:5.5.40-2.el6ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: mariadb-galera-1:5.5.40-2.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.40-10.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.40-10.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.40-10.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.40-10.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.40-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.40-10.el7
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-4260Moderate

mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to SRCHAR (CPU July 2014)

Apr 15, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-08/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/60425
Not Applicable
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/94621
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2985
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/68573
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1030578
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
Third Party Advisory