4.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2025-21490
Oracle MySQL MySQL Server High Privilege Crashing/DoS Vulnerability
Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.40 and prior, 8.4.3 and prior and 9.1.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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Published Date :

Jan. 21, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 4:06 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-21490 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-21490 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Oracle mysql_server
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-21490.

URL Resource
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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fc0d3x/softuni-recon-exam

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Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : June 16, 2025, 5:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.
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adegoodyer/kubernetes-admin-toolkit

Toolkit for k8s administrators/developers.

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Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : July 10, 2022, 10:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 181 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-21490 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-21490 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (including) 8.0.40 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.4.0 up to (including) 8.4.3 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0.0 up to (including) 9.1.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00000.html Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type Oracle: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html Types: Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Mar. 01, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00000.html
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jan. 23, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CWE-770
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.40 and prior, 8.4.3 and prior and 9.1.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-21490 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-21490 weaknesses.

CAPEC-125: Flooding Flooding CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation Excessive Allocation CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death XML Ping of the Death CAPEC-197: Exponential Data Expansion Exponential Data Expansion CAPEC-229: Serialized Data Parameter Blowup Serialized Data Parameter Blowup CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-469: HTTP DoS HTTP DoS CAPEC-482: TCP Flood TCP Flood CAPEC-486: UDP Flood UDP Flood CAPEC-487: ICMP Flood ICMP Flood CAPEC-488: HTTP Flood HTTP Flood CAPEC-489: SSL Flood SSL Flood CAPEC-490: Amplification Amplification CAPEC-491: Quadratic Data Expansion Quadratic Data Expansion CAPEC-493: SOAP Array Blowup SOAP Array Blowup CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation TCP Fragmentation CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation UDP Fragmentation CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation ICMP Fragmentation CAPEC-528: XML Flood XML Flood
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