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CVE-2012-3163

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3163 is an unspecified vulnerability within the Information Schema component of Oracle MySQL Server versions 5.1.64 and earlier, and 5.5.26 and earlier, also affecting products from vendors like Debian and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.0, indicating that a remote, authenticated attacker can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.1.0, <= 5.1.64CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1, < 5.1.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0510 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql-0:5.1.66-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3163Important

mysql: unspecified vulnerability related to Information Schema (CPU Oct 2012)

Oct 16, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51177
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/51309
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/53372
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/56509
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/56513
Not Applicable
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79381
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.f5.com / kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/900/sol14907.html
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2581
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1621-1
Third Party Advisory