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CVE-2013-1861 json

MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1864

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.8%
EPSS 18.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31 and earlier, and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted geometry feature that specifies a large number of points, which is not properly handled when processing the binary representation of this feature, related to a numeric calculation error.

Patch / fix

  • mariadb mariadb 5.5.32, 10.0.4
  • mysql RHEL 6 5.1.71-1.el6
  • mysql-libs RHEL 6 5.1.71-1.el6
  • mysql-test RHEL 6 5.1.71-1.el6
  • mysql-bench RHEL 6 5.1.71-1.el6
  • mysql-server RHEL 6 5.1.71-1.el6
  • mysql-embedded RHEL 6 5.1.71-1.el6

red hat advisories RHBA-2013:1647

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1861 updated cvss 4.0

mysql: geometry query crashes mysqld (CPU July 2013)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mysql51-mysql
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mysql
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-libs 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-server 5.1.71-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-test 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-bench 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-embedded 5.1.71-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-libs 5.1.71-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-test 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-bench 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-server 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-embedded 5.1.71-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-libs 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-test 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-bench 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-server 5.1.71-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-embedded 5.1.71-1.el6
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-libs 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-test 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-bench 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-server 5.1.71-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) mysql 5.1.71-1.el6, mysql-embedded 5.1.71-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2013:1647

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38392)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

18.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38392 MySQL / MariaDB - Geometry Query Denial of Service dos, 2013-03-07
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58511 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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