CVE-2007-3780

MySQL Community Server before 5.0.45 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed password packet in the connection protocol.

Published: 2007-07-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-3780 is rated Moderate Risk (58.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.05%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +5.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-3780

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 2026-06-15 9.00% 14.05% +5.06%
2 2026-03-03 8.53% 9.00% +0.46%
3 2025-12-01 8.53%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-3780

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-3780

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-3780

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-3780: 1 GLSA(s) (200708-10), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/mysql); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-3780
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3780
ubuntu low CVE-2007-3780 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mysql-dfsg-5.0), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3780

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-3780

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mysql community_server <= 5.0.41 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:community_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-3780

URL Tags
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=28984
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/news-4-1-24.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-45.html Patch
http://lists.mysql.com/announce/470
http://osvdb.org/36732
http://secunia.com/advisories/25301
http://secunia.com/advisories/26073
http://secunia.com/advisories/26430
http://secunia.com/advisories/26498
http://secunia.com/advisories/26621
http://secunia.com/advisories/26710
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
http://secunia.com/advisories/27155
http://secunia.com/advisories/27823
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-10.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1413
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:177
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0875.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0894.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473874/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25017
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018629
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1000/references
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1536
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11058
https://usn.ubuntu.com/528-1/
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