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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-12-03T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:15.937Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-5612

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2012-12-03T12:49:43.597

Modified: 2022-07-20T16:24:52.750

Link: CVE-2012-5612

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5612 - Bugzilla