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CVE-2012-5611

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5611 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the acl_get function of Oracle MySQL and MariaDB, affecting various versions. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by supplying a long argument to the GRANT FILE command. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (medium severity) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, it poses a significant risk, allowing for potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23075 · Dec 2, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2456 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql-0:5.0.95-5.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql-0:5.1.66-2.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5611Important

mysql: acl_get() stack-based buffer overflow

Nov 29, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00020.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1551.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0180.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Dec/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51443
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/53372
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
Third Party Advisory
kb.askmonty.org / en/mariadb-5166-release-notes
Third Party Advisory
kb.askmonty.org / en/mariadb-5213-release-notes
Third Party Advisory
kb.askmonty.org / en/mariadb-5311-release-notes
Third Party Advisory
kb.askmonty.org / en/mariadb-5528a-release-notes
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16395
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2581
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/23075
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/02/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1658-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1703-1
Third Party Advisory