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CVE-2012-0493

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CVE-2012-0493 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.x. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to impact system availability, likely through a denial-of-service, with a CVSS score indicating low impact to availability. The attack requires authentication and has high access complexity, making exploitation more difficult. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 1,638 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0493Low

mysql: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors

Jan 18, 2012

References

osvdb.org / 78394
secunia.com / advisories/53372
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72538
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1397-1