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CVE-2012-1690

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1690 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL versions 5.1.61 and earlier, and 5.5.21 and earlier, as well as related products like MariaDB and Red Hat. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (availability impact) through unknown vectors related to the Server Optimizer component. With a CVSS score of 4.0, it is considered a low-severity issue, requiring authentication and having a low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.1.0, <= 5.1.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0331 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1690Low

mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Apr 2012)

Apr 17, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48890
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/49179
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/51309
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/53372
Not Applicable
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012-366314.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53074
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry