CVE-2012-5611
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 24.0%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the acl_get function in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and 5.1.53 and other versions through 5.1.66, and MariaDB 5.5.2.x before 5.5.28a, 5.3.x before 5.3.11, 5.2.x before 5.2.13 and 5.1.x before 5.1.66, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GRANT FILE command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 24.0% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5497)
- Published
- December 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5497 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- mariadb / mariadb
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- oracle / mysql
- oracle / mysql
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00013.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1551.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0180.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51443(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2581(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23075(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1658-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5166-release-notes/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5213-release-notes/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5311-release-notes/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5528a-release-notes/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16395(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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