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CVE-2020-2922 Oracle MySQL Client

Affected softwareOracle MySQL Client
Affected versions5.6.47 and prior, 5.7.29 and prior, 8.0.18 and prior
Severity3.7 Low CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Fixed inOracle Critical Patch Update April 2020
Published15 Apr 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Client product of Oracle MySQL (component: C API). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.47 and prior, 5.7.29 and prior and 8.0.18 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Client. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Client accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.
  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.5% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

3.7 LOW v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 3.7 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.0 3.7 LOW CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N secalert_us@oracle.com Secondary
CVSS 2.0 4.3 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗ CPU 2020-Q2 Oracle MySQL / C API (5.6.47 and prior, 5.7.29 and prior, 8.0.18 and prior)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle MySQL C API 5.6.47 and prior, 5.7.29 and prior, 8.0.18 and prior

Products and versions

7 products, 17 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd canonical ubuntu linux generic 16.04 · 18.04 · 19.10 · 20.04
nvd mariadb mariadb generic ≥ 5.5.0 and ＜ 5.5.65 · ≥ 10.1.0 and ＜ 10.1.41 · ≥ 10.2.0 and ＜ 10.2.26 · ≥ 10.3.0 and ＜ 10.3.17 · ≥ 10.4.0 and ＜ 10.4.7
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic ≥ 7.3 · ≥ 9.5
nvd netapp oncommand insight generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand workflow automation generic any version
nvd netapp snapcenter generic any version
nvd oracle mysql generic ≥ 5.6.0 and ≤ 5.6.47 · ≥ 5.7.0 and ≤ 5.7.29 · ≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.0.18

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Labels:** MYSQL PROTOCOL, C API, NO AUTH REMOTE EXPLOIT **Products:** MYSQL, MYSQL CLIENT, ORACLE MYSQL

References

URLTags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-27 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4350-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Vendor Advisory

Timeline
Published2020-04-15By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.