Vulnerability in the MySQL Client product of Oracle MySQL (component: C API). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.48 and prior, 5.7.30 and prior and 8.0.20 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Client. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Client. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
CVE-2020-14550
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 25(Track)EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 80.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 15, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAI7GRYZ5265JVKHC6VXI57MNJDDB63C/
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HYQPCHGCVKFS3H226QQKZFQP56JYOQ3T/
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SA2XMR2ZY2BPR3VLTDVLNV74JL7TA7KL/
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-27
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210622-0001/
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4441-1/
- secalert_us@oraclehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAI7GRYZ5265JVKHC6VXI57MNJDDB63C/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HYQPCHGCVKFS3H226QQKZFQP56JYOQ3T/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SA2XMR2ZY2BPR3VLTDVLNV74JL7TA7KL/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-27
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210622-0001/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4441-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-14550(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:3757Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: mysql:8.0 security update
- RHSA-2020:3755Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: mysql:8.0 security update
- RHSA-2020:3732Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: mysql:8.0 security update
- RHSA-2020:3518Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-mysql80-mysql security update
- RHSA-2019:2327Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: mariadb security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2019:1258Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-mariadb102-mariadb and rh-mariadb102-galera security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | mysql-testsuite-5.7 (5.7.31-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | mysql:8.0-8000020200828111808.f8e95b4e | 2020-09-15 | redhat |
| redhat | mysql:8.0-8010020200828111645.c27ad7f8 | 2020-09-15 | redhat |
| redhat | mysql:8.0-8020020200828111438.4cda2c84 | 2020-09-14 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-mysql80-mysql-0:8.0.21-1.el7 | 2020-08-19 | redhat |
| redhat | mariadb-1:5.5.64-1.el7 | 2019-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-mariadb102-mariadb-1:10.2.22-1.el7 | 2019-05-21 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-145502020-08-18
Vulnerability in the MySQL Client product of Oracle MySQL (component: C API). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.48 and prior 5.7.30 and prior and 8.0.20 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Client. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Client. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
- UbuntuUSN-4441-1MEDIUM
MySQL vulnerabilities
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