CVE-2007-2583 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2007-2583?

CVE-2007-2583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 May 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The in_decimal::set function in item_cmpfunc.cc in MySQL before 5.0.40, and 5.1 before 5.1.18-beta, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted IF clause that results in a divide-by-zero error and a NULL pointer dereference.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2583?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2583?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2007-2583 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2583 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hf23-jpgj-4fhg.