{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "mysql"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0-alpha8"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.14.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-201"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2019-05-23T07:40:10Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Versions of `mysql` before 2.14.0 are vulnerable to remove memory exposure.\n\nAffected versions of `mysql` package allocate and send an uninitialized memory over the network when a number is provided as a password.\n\nOnly `mysql` running on Node.js versions below 6.0.0 are affected due to a throw added in newer node.js versions.\n\nProof of Concept:\n\n```\nrequire(\u0027mysql\u0027).createConnection({\n  host: \u0027localhost\u0027,\n  user: \u0027user\u0027,\n  password : USERPROVIDEDINPUT,  // number\n  database : \u0027my_db\u0027\n}).connect();\n```\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.14.0 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-5f7m-mmpc-qhh4",
  "modified": "2022-08-03T20:30:06Z",
  "published": "2019-05-23T09:27:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql/commit/192fe45593ba5768534afb6f2154432ca67a5002"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql/commit/310c6a7d1b2e14b63b572dbfbfa10128f20c6d52"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/602"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "mysql Node.JS Module Vulnerable to Remote Memory Exposure"
}