Description
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: 2012-12-03
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 66.8% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1703-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Mariadb Mariadb
Oracle Mysql
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop Linux Enterprise Server Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5612

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Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-5612

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2012-5612 - Bugzilla

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