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CVE-2012-5612

N/A
Published: December 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxMySQL ServerLinux Enterprise Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 21%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using certain variations of the (1) USE, (2) SHOW TABLES, (3) DESCRIBE, (4) SHOW FIELDS FROM, (5) SHOW COLUMNS FROM, (6) SHOW INDEX FROM, (7) CREATE TABLE, (8) DROP TABLE, (9) ALTER TABLE, (10) DELETE FROM, (11) UPDATE, and (12) SET PASSWORD commands.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
10.0411.1012.0412.10
MariaDB· Mariadbnpm
95%
5.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.675.2.0 ≤ v < 5.2.145.3.0 ≤ v < 5.3.125.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.2910.0.0
Affected range stops below 5.1.67, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.2.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.3.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.29, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
MySQL Server· Oraclenpm
95%
5.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.28
Linux Enterprise Desktop· SUSE
95%
11 sp2
Linux Enterprise Server· SUSE
95%
11 sp2
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit· SUSE
95%
11 sp2

References (13)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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