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    CVE-2012-5612

    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.

    Published:Dec 1, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 3, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.51769
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Mariadb
    Product
    Mariadb
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Mysql
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Desktop
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Server
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5
    http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
    http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1
    https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5
    http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
    http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1
    https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High