MySQLDatabase / datastore · Oracle

CVE-2012-2750

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Developing Published 2012-08-17
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.5.23 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in MySQL 5.5.x before 5.5.23 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to a "Security Fix", aka Bug #59533. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2012-1689, but as of 20120816, Oracle has not commented on this possibility.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-05.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
MySQLDatabase / datastore
Affected:>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.23
MariaDBDatabase / datastore
Affected:>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.23
Debian LinuxOperating system
Affected:= 6.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.5.23 or later
Fixed in 5.5.23
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

MySQL 5.5.23 or later; MariaDB 5.5.24 or later

  1. Upgrade MySQL from any version >= 5.5.0 and < 5.5.23 to version 5.5.23 or later
  2. If using MariaDB, upgrade from any version >= 5.5.0 and <= 5.5.23 to a version after 5.5.23 (MariaDB 5.5.24 or later)
  3. After upgrading, verify the MySQL/MariaDB service is running correctly
  4. Test any dependent applications to ensure compatibility with the new version
  5. On Debian Linux 6.0 systems, apply all available security updates via apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Caveat Minor version upgrades within 5.5.x typically have backward compatibility, but test critical workloads before production deployment

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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