CVE-2012-2122
sql/password.c in Oracle MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, and MariaDB 5.1.x before 5.1.62, 5.2.x before 5.2.12, 5.3.x before 5.3.6, and 5.5.x before 5.5.23, when running in certain environments with certain…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 96.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
sql/password.c in Oracle MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, and MariaDB 5.1.x before 5.1.62, 5.2.x before 5.2.12, 5.3.x before 5.3.6, and 5.5.x before 5.5.23, when running in certain environments with certain implementations of the memcmp function, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by repeatedly authenticating with the same incorrect password, which eventually causes a token comparison to succeed due to an improperly-checked return value.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 96.62% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 June 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- oracle/mysql · mariadb/mariadb
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 96.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=64884Exploit
- http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5162-release-notes/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00007.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q2/493Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49417Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027143
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53911Exploit
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/06/11/cve-2012-2122-a-tragically-comedic-security-flaw-in-mysqlExploit
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=64884Exploit
- http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5162-release-notes/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00007.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q2/493Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49417Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027143
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53911Exploit
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/06/11/cve-2012-2122-a-tragically-comedic-security-flaw-in-mysqlExploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.