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CVE-2012-5611

Stack-based buffer overflow in the acl_get function in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and 5.1.53

Stack-based buffer overflow in the acl_get function in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and 5.1.53 and other versions through 5.1.66, and MariaDB 5.5.2.x before 5.5.28a, 5.3.x before 5.3.11, 5.2.x before 5.2.13 and 5.1.x before 5.1.66, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GRANT FILE command.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.66648
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

2
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2

Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD03 Dec 2012 · 12:49 PM

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10153-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2023_4991-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2023_3956-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1177-2
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References & Sources

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