CVE-2012-2102

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.62 and 5.5.x before 5.5.22 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and mysqld abort) by deleting a record and using HANDLER READ NEXT.

Affected products

Mysql: 5.1.5, 5.1.23, 5.1.31, 5.1.32, 5.1.34, 5.1.37
MySQL Server: 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.6 (+80)

References

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/5.5/revision/3097.15.15
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-62.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-22.html
http://eromang.zataz.com/2012/04/10/oracle-mysql-innodb-bugs-13510739-and-63775-dos-demo/
http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-06.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/13/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52931
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/5.5/revision/3097.15.15
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-62.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-22.html
http://eromang.zataz.com/2012/04/10/oracle-mysql-innodb-bugs-13510739-and-63775-dos-demo/

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