CVE-2014-4260 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4260?

CVE-2014-4260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.37 and earlier, and 5.6.17 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect integrity and availability via vectors related to SRCHAR.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4260?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql, Oracle Solaris, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4260?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-4260 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4260 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-cvmv-873q-9hjf, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4260.