CVE-2017-3312

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Packaging). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.53 and earlier, 5.6.34 and earlier and 5.7.16 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Server. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.54; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.29; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.21 — fixed in 10.0.29, 10.1.21, 5.5.54
MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.53; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.34; from 5.7.0 through 5.7.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.29, 10.1.21, 5.5.54. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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