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CVE-2008-3963

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' ...

4.0 MediumPublic exploitFix available

CVE-2008-3963 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Mysql, published September 10, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.46%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.32-7etch10.

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Exploit likelihood

6.46%Down 4.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.0

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Record
CVE-2008-3963
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-134
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Record
CVE-2008-3963
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3948 No score

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Record
EUVD-2008-3948
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hp64-jg7m-f9mq No score

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' ...

MySQL 5.0 before 5.0.66, 5.1 before 5.1.26, and 6.0 before 6.0.6 does not properly handle a b'' (b single-quote single-quote) token, aka an empty bit-string literal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using this token in a SQL statement.

Record
GHSA-hp64-jg7m-f9mq
Weakness
CWE-134
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mysql-dfsg-5.0
Debian:4.0
 before 5.0.32-7etch10, plus listed versions
5.0.32-7etch15.0.32-7etch35.0.32-7etch3~bpo31+15.0.32-7etch45.0.32-7etch55.0.32-7etch5~bpo31+15.0.32-7etch65.0.32-7etch8
5.0.32-7etch10
mysql-dfsg-5.0
Debian:5.0
 before 5.0.51a-24+lenny1, plus listed versions
5.0.51a-235.0.51a-245.0.51a-24+lenny1~bpo40+15.0.51a-24~bpo40+1
5.0.51a-24+lenny1
httpd
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
httpd-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
httpd-manual
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
0:2.2.11-2.el5s2
mod_jk
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.2.28-2.el5s2
0:1.2.28-2.el5s2
mod_jk-ap20
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.2.28-2.el5s2
0:1.2.28-2.el5s2
mod_jk-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.2.28-2.el5s2
0:1.2.28-2.el5s2
mod_ssl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 1:2.2.11-2.el5s2
1:2.2.11-2.el5s2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mysql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
mysql-bench
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
mysql-cluster
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
mysql-connector-odbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:3.51.27r695-1.el5s2
0:3.51.27r695-1.el5s2
mysql-connector-odbc-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:3.51.27r695-1.el5s2
0:3.51.27r695-1.el5s2
mysql-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
mysql-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
mysql-libs
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
mysql-server
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
mysql-test
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
0:5.0.79-2.el5s2
perl-DBD-MySQL
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:4.010-1.el5s2
0:4.010-1.el5s2
perl-DBD-MySQL-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:4.010-1.el5s2
0:4.010-1.el5s2
perl-DBD-Pg
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.49-5.el5s2
0:1.49-5.el5s2
perl-DBD-Pg-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.49-5.el5s2
0:1.49-5.el5s2
php
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-bcmath
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-cli
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-common
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-dba
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-gd
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-imap
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-ldap
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-mbstring
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-mysql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-ncurses
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-odbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-pdo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-pgsql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-snmp
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-soap
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-xml
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
php-xmlrpc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
0:5.2.9-2.el5s2
postgresql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-contrib
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-docs
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.509-2jpp.el5s2
0:8.2.509-2jpp.el5s2
postgresql-jdbc-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.509-2jpp.el5s2
0:8.2.509-2jpp.el5s2
postgresql-libs
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-plperl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-plpython
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-pltcl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-python
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-server
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-tcl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresql-test
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
0:8.2.13-2.el5s2
postgresqlclient81
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.1.17-1.el5s2
0:8.1.17-1.el5s2
postgresqlclient81-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.1.17-1.el5s2
0:8.1.17-1.el5s2
mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-bench
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-test
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-bench
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-test
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:5.0.77-3.el5
0:5.0.77-3.el5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBMySQL 6.0.4 - Empty Binary String Literal Remote Denial of Service2008-03-28

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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