Is CVE-2012-5612 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5612 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-5612?

CVE-2012-5612 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-5612

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 21.0%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in Oracle MySQL 5.5.19 and other versions through 5.5.28, and MariaDB 5.5.28a and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using certain variations of the (1) USE, (2) SHOW TABLES, (3) DESCRIBE, (4) SHOW FIELDS FROM, (5) SHOW COLUMNS FROM, (6) SHOW INDEX FROM, (7) CREATE TABLE, (8) DROP TABLE, (9) ALTER TABLE, (10) DELETE FROM, (11) UPDATE, and (12) SET PASSWORD commands.

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-787
EPSS score: 21.0% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-5498)
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-2012-5498 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
mariadb / mariadb
mariadb / mariadb
oracle / mysql
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/5(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372(Not Applicable)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23076(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:102(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150(Broken Link)
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(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1703-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3908(Broken Link, Exploit, Patch)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16960(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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