CVE-2012-5614

Public Exploit

Description

Oracle 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.

4.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 7.75% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027829	vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372	third party advisory not applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3	third party advisory mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4	third party advisory mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/7	mailing list exploit third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882607	issue tracking
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3910	patch broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150	vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5614?: CVE-2012-5614 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5614?: To fix CVE-2012-5614, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-5614 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-5614 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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