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CVE-2012-1696

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1696 is an unspecified vulnerability in the Server Optimizer component of Oracle MySQL Server versions 5.5.19 and earlier, impacting the availability of affected MySQL products. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) can be exploited remotely by authenticated users with low attack complexity, leading to partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:4.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 21,957 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

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1696Low

mysql: Unspecified vulnerability in the server optimizer subcomponent leading to DoS (server hang / crash) (Oracle CPU April 2012)

Apr 17, 2012

References

secunia.com / advisories/48890
secunia.com / advisories/49179
secunia.com / advisories/53372
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012-366314.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53071
securitytracker.com / id