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
EPSS: 0.187 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mariadb
- Oracle Mysql
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
- Opensuse — versions 11.4, 12.2, 12.3
- Redhat 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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, 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.