CVE-2012-1697

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the MySQL Server component in Oracle MySQL 5.5.21 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Partition.

Affected products

MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.22 — fixed in 5.5.22
MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 5.5.22. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/48890
http://secunia.com/advisories/49179
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012-366314.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53064
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026934
http://secunia.com/advisories/48890
http://secunia.com/advisories/49179
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml

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