CVE-2012-3163

critical

Published 2012-10-17 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.0

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.1.64 and earlier, and 5.5.26 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Information Schema.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	6.3	affected
ubuntu	10.04	affected
ubuntu	11.10	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	12.10	affected
debian	6.0	affected
debian	7.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"5.1.0","endIncluding":"5.1.64"}`
mariadb	mariadb	`{"startIncluding":"5.1","endExcluding":"5.1.66"}`	`5.1.66`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`{"startIncluding":"10.1.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`{"startIncluding":"11.0.0","endIncluding":"11.3.0"}`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`{"startIncluding":"10.0.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	`{"startIncluding":"10.1.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_enterprise_manager	`{"startIncluding":"2.0.0","endIncluding":"2.3.0"}`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`{"startIncluding":"10.0.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`{"startIncluding":"10.0.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`{"startIncluding":"10.0.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`{"startIncluding":"10.0.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	`{"startIncluding":"10.0.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	`{"startIncluding":"10.0.0","endIncluding":"10.2.4"}`
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"5.5.0","endIncluding":"5.5.26"}`
mariadb	mariadb	`{"startIncluding":"5.5.0","endExcluding":"5.5.27"}`	`5.5.27`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.