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CVE-2012-5612

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CVE-2012-5612

Published: Dec 3, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

23076
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
USN-1703-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
MDVSA-2013:102
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
53372
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
GLSA-201308-06
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
SUSE-SU-2013:0262
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16960
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
MDVSA-2013:150
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA

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