Input validation error - CVE-2014-4720
Published: July 7, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33090
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4720
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via vectors related to "backtracking into the phrase," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0477.
Affected software
perl-email-address (Alpine package)
mysql (Alpine package)
mysql (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4720
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
perl-email-address (Alpine package) - update to 1.905-r0
mysql (Alpine package) - update to 5.5.38-r0
mysql (Alpine package) - update to 5.5.38-r0