CVE-2012-5612

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly ot

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.66845

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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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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

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Affected Products & Versions

mariadb>= 5.1.0 and < 5.1.67
mariadb>= 5.2.0 and < 5.2.14
mariadb>= 5.3.0 and < 5.3.12
mariadb>= 5.5.0 and < 5.5.29
mariadball versions
oracle mysql>= 5.5.0 and <= 5.5.28
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
Show all 10 affected productssuse linux enterprise software development kitall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

dosMySQL (Linux) - Heap Overrun (PoC)2012-12-02
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 23076www.exploit-db.com
pocmariadb.atlassian.net · MDEV-3908mariadb.atlassian.net

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighOpenCanary - MySQL Login Attempt

producthighUncommon File Creation By Mysql Daemon Process

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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

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10153-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2023_4991-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2023_3956-1
usnUSN-1703-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1177-2

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150Broken Link

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960Third Party Advisory

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