THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-0882
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0882

Mysql vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in yaSSL, as used in MySQL 5.5.20 and possibly other versions including 5.5.x before 5.5.22 and 5.1.x before 5.1.62, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by VulnDisco Pack Professional 9.17. NOTE: as of 20120224, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the module author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes. NOTE: due to lack of details, it is not clear whether this issue is a duplicate of CVE-2012-0492 or another CVE.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Mysql
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2012-12-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0882

  • Confirm whether Oracle Mysql is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0882.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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