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CVE-2017-3461

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3461 is a vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL, affecting versions 5.5.54 and earlier, 5.6.35 and earlier, and 5.7.17 and earlier. This vulnerability allows a high-privileged attacker with network access to cause a complete denial of service (DoS) by repeatedly crashing or hanging the MySQL Server. With a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 4.9 (Medium), the attack requires high privileges but has low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.54CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 95th 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 (11)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.37-5.el6
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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-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.37-5.el6
View patch
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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.37-5.el7
View patch
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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.37-5.el7
View patch
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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql55-mysql
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3461Moderate

mysql: Server: Security: Privileges unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2017)

Apr 19, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2787
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2886
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3834
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97812
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038287
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry