CVE-2006-7232

sql_select.cc in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.32 and 5.1.x before 5.1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an EXPLAIN SELECT FROM on the INFORMATION_SCHEMA table, as originally demonstrated using ORDER BY.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-7232 is rated Moderate Risk (43.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.15%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7232

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-23 1.89% 2.15% +0.26%
2 2025-03-30 2.28% 1.89% -0.39%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.28% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-7232

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-7232

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-7232

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-7232: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-7232
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7232
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-7232 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mysql-dfsg-5.0), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7232

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-7232

  • Red Hat (2008-07-25T00:00:00)

    This issue did not affect the MySQL packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 as they did not support INFORMATION_SCHEMA, introduced in MySQL version 5. MySQL packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html The MySQL packages as shipped in Red Hat Application Stack v1 and v2 are based on upstream version which has the fix included.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-7232

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mysql mysql >= 5.0, < 5.0.32 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mysql mysql >= 5.1, < 5.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 7.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 7.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-7232

URL Tags
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=22413 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-es-5-0-32.html Vendor Advisory
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-14.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29443 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30351 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0364.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28351 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-588-1 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11720 Third Party Advisory
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