Unsifficient limit check aims to security issue. MariaDB upstream fix: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~maria-captains/maria/5.5/revision/2502.565.64 RHBZ#1059545 diff -up mysql-5.6.15/client/mysql.cc.bz1059545 mysql-5.6.15/client/mysql.cc --- mysql-5.6.15/client/mysql.cc.bz1059545 2014-01-30 18:09:47.209588217 +0100 +++ mysql-5.6.15/client/mysql.cc 2014-01-30 18:09:59.016581192 +0100 @@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[]) put_info("Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \\g.", INFO_INFO); - sprintf((char*) glob_buffer.ptr(), + my_snprintf((char*) glob_buffer.ptr(), glob_buffer.alloced_length(), "Your MySQL connection id is %lu\nServer version: %s\n", mysql_thread_id(&mysql), server_version_string(&mysql)); put_info((char*) glob_buffer.ptr(),INFO_INFO);