6.5

CVE-2012-5612: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Write

Modified
Published 03-12-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5612 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 21.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
21.00%
0%100%
High · +0.16 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10153-1SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1SUSE-RU-2023:4991-1

Timeline

  1. 03-12-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

21.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.16 pp

From 20.84% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (seclists.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (mariadb.atlassian.net)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxUnverified

    MySQL (Linux) - Heap Overrun (PoC)

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse3 products
Canonical1 product
Mariadb1 product
  • mariadbEOL≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.67 | ≥ 5.2.0, < 5.2.14 | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.12 | ≥ 5.5.0, < 5.5.29 | 10.0.0
Oracle1 product
  • mysql≥ 5.5.0, ≤ 5.5.28

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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