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CVE-2021-2178

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-2178 is a vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL Server versions 5.7.32 and prior, and 8.0.22 and prior, specifically within the Server: Replication component. This easily exploitable flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with network access to cause a complete denial of service (DoS) by frequently crashing or hanging the MySQL Server. With a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (Medium), the primary impact is on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.22CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 92nd 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mysql:8.0-8040020210824134700.522a0ee4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mysql80-mysql-0:8.0.26-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql80-mysql-0:8.0.26-1.el7
View patch
oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-2178Moderate

mysql: Server: Replication unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2021)

Apr 20, 2021

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AKV7TRUEQW6EV45RSZVVFLVQMNHVHBCJ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJQRPXNDH6YHQLUSCS5VA7DAW32PN7N7
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJVUTKKFQAWR7NURCQHQQ5JHTVYGEOYQ
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210513-0002
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html
Vendor Advisory