Is CVE-2012-5614 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5614 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-5614?

CVE-2012-5614 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-5614

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 13.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 13.2% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-5500)
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-2012-5500 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mariadb / mariadb
oracle / mysql
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0772.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/7(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.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/cpuapr2013-1899555.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027829(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882607(Issue Tracking)
https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-3910(Broken Link, Patch)

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

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