CVE-2012-5614

Summary

CVECVE-2012-5614
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-03 12:49:43 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOracle MySQL 5.1.67 and earlier and 5.5.29 and earlier, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld crash) via a SELECT command with an UpdateXML command containing XML with a large number of unique, nested elements.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mariadb Mariadb All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MySQL: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: [Full-disclosure] MySQL (Linux) Stack based buffer overrun PoC Zeroday af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: MySQL Denial of Service Zeroday PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
MySQL Bug in UpdateXML() Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: Re: [Full-disclosure] MySQL (Linux) Stack based buffer overrun PoC Zeroday af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[MDEV-3910] COM_BINLOG_DUMP crash on invalid data - JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mariadb.atlassian.net Broken Link, Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:150 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Bug 882607 – CVE-2012-5614 mysql: COM_BINLOG_DUMP crash on invalid data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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