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CVE-2012-3173

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3173 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the InnoDB Plugin of Oracle MySQL Server versions 5.1.63 and earlier, and 5.5.25 and earlier, also impacting derivatives like MariaDB, Debian, and Red Hat. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to impact system availability, likely through denial-of-service, with a low attack complexity. Despite its potential to affect availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.27CPE 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
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 96th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3173Moderate

mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to InnoDB Plugin (CPU Oct 2012)

Oct 16, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51177
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
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79386
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2581
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
PatchVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1621-1
Third Party Advisory