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CVE-2017-3251

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3251 is a vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL, specifically affecting versions 5.7.16 and earlier. This easily exploitable flaw allows a high-privileged attacker with network access to cause a complete denial of service (DoS) by repeatedly crashing the MySQL Server. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 4.9 (Medium), the primary impact is on availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.7.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-mysql57-mysql-0:5.7.19-6.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql57-mysql-0:5.7.19-6.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mysql57-mysql-0:5.7.19-6.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql57-mysql-0:5.7.19-6.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3251Moderate

mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2017)

Jan 18, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2886
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-17
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html
securityfocus.com / bid/95482
securitytracker.com / id/1037640