CVE-2012-2749

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63 and 5.5.x before 5.5.24 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld crash) via vectors related to incorrect calculation and a sort order index.

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 (+83)

References

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-63.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0180.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51309
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.securityfocus.com/bid/55120
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833737
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-63.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1462.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0180.html

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