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.

• CWE-787

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1Third Party Advisory
• https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908Broken Link, Exploit, Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53372Not Applicable
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1Third Party Advisory
• https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908Broken Link, Exploit, Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 3, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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