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CVE-2012-1697

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1697 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the MySQL Server component, affecting Oracle MySQL 5.5.21 and earlier, as well as MariaDB versions. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to impact system availability through unknown vectors related to the Partition functionality. With a CVSS score of 4.0, it is considered a low-severity issue, requiring authentication and having a low attack complexity, primarily leading to denial of service. 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
>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0296 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 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-2012-1697Low

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

Apr 17, 2012

References

secunia.com / advisories/48890
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/49179
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/53064
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry