Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-2122
sql/password.c in Oracle MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, and MariaDB 5.1.x before 5.1.62, 5.2.x before 5.2.12, 5.3.x before 5.3.6, and 5.5.x before 5.5.23, when running in certain environments with certain implementations of the memcmp function, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by repeatedly authenticating with the same incorrect password, which eventually causes a token comparison to succeed due to an improperly-checked return value.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.94
EPSS Ranking 99.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.1
Products affected by CVE-2012-2122
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.41
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.42
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.44
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.47
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.49
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.50
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.51
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.53
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.55
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.60
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.1.61
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.5.20
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.5.21
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cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:5.5.22
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.51
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.52
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.53
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.54
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.55
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.56
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.57
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.58
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.59
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.60
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.61
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.10
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.11
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.12
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.13
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.14
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.15
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.16
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.17
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.18
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.19
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.20
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.5.21
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.6.5