CVE-2012-5614

Mysql vulnerability

CVSS

4.0

EPSS

13.2%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Oracle

Affected product

Mysql

CVSS vector

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

Published

2012-12-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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