CVE-2012-5612

EUVD-2012-5498
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.5 UNKNOWN
NETWORK
LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 98%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
mariadbmariadb
5.1.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.1.67
mariadbmariadb
5.2.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.2.14
mariadbmariadb
5.3.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.3.12
mariadbmariadb
5.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.5.29
mariadbmariadb
10.0.0
oraclemysql
5.5.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 5.5.28
canonicalubuntu_linux
10.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
11.10
canonicalubuntu_linux
12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
12.10
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
mysql-5.5
hardy
dne
lucid
dne
oneiric
dne
precise
Fixed 5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
released
quantal
Fixed 5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
released