CVE-2012-5612

Oracle MySQL <5.5.29 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by kingcope · perldoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076

Scores

EPSS 0.6684
EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
mariadb/mariadb 10.0.0
mariadb/mariadb 5.1.0 - 5.1.67
oracle/mysql 5.5.0 - 5.5.28
suse/linux_enterprise_desktop 11 sp2
suse/linux_enterprise_server 11 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
suse/linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 sp2
Published Dec 03, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026