Vulnerability · Published Jan 21, 2025 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2025-21548
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in MySQL Connectors from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/Python). Supported versions that are affected are 9.1.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all MySQL Connectors accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Connectors accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mysql-connector-python | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21548 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | mysql-connector-python | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21548 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mysql-connector-python | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21548 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | mysql-connector-python | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21548 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | mysql-connector-python | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21548 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | MySQL Connectors | * – through 9.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
References
- Oracle Advisory vendor-advisory