TI-2008-00209 Aliases CVE-2008-0227 GHSA-38hh-r6wr-38f6

yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote…

LOW 38CWE-119Published 2008-01-10 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02492 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:yassl:yassl::::::::	up to 1.7.5	Vulnerable	Yassl

cpe:2.3:a:yassl:yassl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.7.5 Vulnerable ·Yassl

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0227
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38hh-r6wr-38f6

References

Advisory 5

Other 5

TI-2008-00208 Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2005-03525 Unspecified vulnerability in yaSSL before 1.0.6 has unknown impact and attack vectors… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

Sources

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