CVE-2012-2122 Scanner
Detects 'Authentication Bypass' vulnerability in MySQL. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by repeatedly using incorrect passwords.
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CVE
CVE-2012-2122
5.1
CVSS
Description
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.
Attack Vector
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Privileges Req.
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User Interaction
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Updated Sep 18, 2026View on NVD →
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