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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-3469 · published 21 July 2006

CVE-2006-3469: Mysql vulnerability

Mysql · Mysql

Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 29% · top 1.9% CWE-134 · CWE-134
4.0CVSS 2.0 base score
29%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
34References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in time.cc in MySQL Server 4.1 before 4.1.21 and 5.0 before 1 April 2006 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a format string instead of a date as the first parameter to the date_format function, which is later used in a formatted print call to display the error message.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375694
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20729
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21147 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21366 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31226 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-09.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1112 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19032
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-321-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9827
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375694
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20729
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-21.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21147 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21366 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31226 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-09.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1112 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0768.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19032
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-321-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9827

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-3469), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.