CVE-2024-21142

Summary

CVE-2024-21142 is a newly identified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server's security privileges component, affecting versions 8.0.37 and prior, as well as 8.4.0 and prior. This issue enables high privileged attackers with network access, through multiple protocols, to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the MySQL Server. Successful exploitation can result in a hang or frequent crash of the server. The CVSS Base Score is 4.9, with a vector of (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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