CVE-2016-3501

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Published 2016-07-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Optimizer.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert_us@oracle.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	15.10	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"5.6.0","endIncluding":"5.6.30"}`
oracle	mysql	`{"startIncluding":"5.7.0","endIncluding":"5.7.12"}`

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1601.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91949
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036362
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3040-1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1601.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91949
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036362
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3040-1

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.