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CVE-2008-0227

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.49%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-01-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-0227
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.49%

Original NVD Description

yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.