CVE-2013-1861: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-1861 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 18.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 28-03-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31 and earlier, and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted geometry feature that specifies a large number of points, which is not properly handled when processing the binary representation of this feature, related to a numeric calculation error.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
18.82%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.15 pp
From 18.68% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
MySQL / MariaDB - Geometry Query Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse3 products
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL10.04 | 12.04 | 12.10 | 13.04
Debian1 product
- debian_linuxEOL7.0
Mariadb1 product
- mariadb≥ 5.5.0, < 5.5.32 | ≥ 10.0.0, < 10.0.4
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL11.4 | 12.2 | 12.3
Oracle1 product
- mysql≥ 5.1.0, ≤ 5.1.69 | ≥ 5.5.0, ≤ 5.5.31 | ≥ 5.6.0, ≤ 5.6.11
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL5 | 6.0
7 vendors · 9 products
References
17 links
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2013-1899826.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00024.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00022.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.askmonty.org/pipermail/commits/2013-March/004371.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00008.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-10/msg00001.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory