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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,…

Severity
Medium 5.0
Published
28 Mar 2013
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Fixed in
5.5.32, 10.0.4
Exploit chance
19% in the next 30 daysHigher than 97% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Memory buffer errors (CWE-119)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Sources
NVD

Description

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.

From NVD.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MariaDBServers and applications · cpe:a:mariadb:mariadb
  • From 5.5.0 before 5.5.32
  • From 10.0.0 before 10.0.4
MySQLServers and applications · cpe:a:oracle:mysql
  • From 5.1.0 up to 5.1.69
  • From 5.5.0 up to 5.5.31
  • From 5.6.0 up to 5.6.11

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1861
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1861