CVE-2024-20982 is a vulnerability in the Oracle MySQL Server's Optimizer component affecting versions 8.0.35 and prior, and 8.2.0 and prior. It allows a high privileged attacker with network access to cause a denial of service by hanging or crashing the MySQL Server. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9, indicating a medium severity with impact on availability only. Oracle has released patches addressing this issue as part of their January 2024 Critical Patch Update.