Vulnerability · CVE-2009-0819
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression em…
Published Mar 5, 2009 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Oracle
Check this week
CVE-2009-0819 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 10.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Oracle.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium4.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 10.18%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- cpe mysql/mysql · cpe oracle/mysql
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a FilterExpr with ExtractValue() or UpdateXML()," which triggers an assertion failure.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe mysql/mysql5.1.23
- cpe mysql/mysql5.1.31
- cpe mysql/mysql6.0.10-bzr
- cpe mysql/mysql6.0.9
- cpe mysql/mysql<= 5.1.32-bzr
- cpe oracle/mysql5.1
- cpe oracle/mysql5.1.1
- cpe oracle/mysql5.1.10
- cpe oracle/mysql5.1.11
- cpe oracle/mysql5.1.12
- cpe oracle/mysql5.1.2
- cpe oracle/mysql5.1.3
How to fix CVE-2009-0819
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2009-0819 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 10.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Oracle.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with 5.1.23, 5.1.31, 6.0.10-bzr, 6.0.9, <= 5.1.32-bzr, 5.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 10.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 5, 2009 · Oracle Critical Patch Updates
Detected
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a FilterExpr with ExtractValue() or UpdateXML()," which triggers an assertion failure.
Jun 16, 2026 · Oracle Critical Patch Updates
Updated
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a FilterExpr with ExtractValue() or UpdateXML()," which triggers an assertion failure.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2009-0819
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2009-0819
30-day exploitation probability 10.18%
first.org - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference32838
Public exploit archive reference. This is not confirmation of exploitation. The exploit body is not stored here.
exploit-db.com - Oracle Critical Patch UpdatesVendor advisoryCVE-2009-0819
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc in MySQL 5.1 before 5.1.32 and 6.0 before 6.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via "an XPath expression employing a scalar expression as a FilterExpr with ExtractValue() or UpdateXML()," which triggers an assertion failure.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.