CVE-2016-3459

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-07-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB 10.0.x before 10.0.25 and 10.1.x before 10.1.14 allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: InnoDB.

Affected products

MariaDB: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.25; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.14 — fixed in 10.0.25, 10.1.14
MySQL Server: from 5.6.0 through 5.6.30; from 5.7.0 through 5.7.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.25, 10.1.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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/91943
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036362
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3040-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10025-release-notes/
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10114-release-notes/
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

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