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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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-5612 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 6 products from mariadb, from oracle, from suse and 3 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-12-03T12:49:43.597

Last Modified

2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mariadb	mariadb	< 5.1.67	Yes
Application	mariadb	mariadb	< 5.2.14	Yes
Application	mariadb	mariadb	< 5.3.12	Yes
Application	mariadb	mariadb	< 5.5.29	Yes
Application	mariadb	mariadb	10.0.0	Yes
Application	oracle	mysql	≤ 5.5.28	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 Not Applicable ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908 Broken Link, Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908 Broken Link, Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mariadb's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.