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CVE-2012-3167

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3167 is an unspecified vulnerability within the Server Full Text Search component of Oracle MySQL versions 5.1.63 and earlier, and 5.5.25 and earlier, also affecting distributions like Debian and Red Hat. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to cause a partial denial of service. With a CVSS score of 3.5, it has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.1.0, <= 5.1.63CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 1,636 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

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-2012-3167Low

mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Full Text Search (CPU Oct 2012)

Oct 16, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51177
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51309
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/53372
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79392
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2581
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
PatchVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1621-1
Third Party Advisory