Buffer overflow in Mariadb
CVE-2013-1861
MariaDB 5.5.x before 5.5.30, 5.3.x before 5.3.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.15, and 5.1.x before 5.1.68, and Oracle MySQL 5.1.69 and earlier, 5.5.31 and earlier, and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted geometry feature that specifies a large number of points, which is not properly handled when processing the binary representation of this feature, related to a numeric calculation error.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.187 (97.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.187 · newest: 0.187 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mariadb
- Oracle MySQL
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.2, 12.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5, 6.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/54300 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2818 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/671 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2013-1899826.html (Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82895 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-4252 (Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/52639 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00024.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/58511 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1909-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-1861?
- CVE-2013-1861 is a vulnerability in Mariadb, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-03-28.
- Is CVE-2013-1861 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.