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CVE-2012-1703 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.61 and earlier, and 5.5.21 and earlier, allows remote authentic…

published 2012-05-03 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1713

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.61 and earlier, and 5.5.21 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server Optimizer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1690.

Patch / fix

  • mariadb mariadb 5.1.62, 5.5.22
  • mysql RHEL 6 5.1.66-1.el6_3
  • mysql-libs RHEL 6 5.1.66-1.el6_3
  • mysql-test RHEL 6 5.1.66-1.el6_3
  • mysql-bench RHEL 6 5.1.66-1.el6_3
  • mysql-server RHEL 6 5.1.66-1.el6_3
  • mysql-embedded RHEL 6 5.1.66-1.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1462

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1703 updated cvss 6.8

mysql: unspecified DoS vulnerability related to Server Optimizer (CPU Apr 2012)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mysql
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-libs 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-server 5.1.66-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-test 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-bench 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-embedded 5.1.66-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-libs 5.1.66-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-test 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-bench 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-server 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-embedded 5.1.66-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-libs 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-test 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-bench 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-server 5.1.66-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-embedded 5.1.66-1.el6_3
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-libs 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-test 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-bench 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-server 5.1.66-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.66-1.el6_3, mysql-embedded 5.1.66-1.el6_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1462

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Exploit prediction

3.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.