CVE-2021-2001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the MySQL Server product, specifically affecting the Optimizer component in versions 5.6.50 and prior, 5.7.30 and prior, and 8.0.17 and prior. A highly privileged attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability to cause a complete denial-of-service (DOS) by repeatedly crashing the MySQL Server. The CVSS 3.1 Base Score is 4.9, indicating a network attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, and primarily impacting availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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