$ cve CVE-2017-3599 JSON

CVE-2017-3599 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 89.9% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Pluggable Auth). Supported versions that are affected are 5.6.35 and earlier and 5.7.17 and earlier. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2017 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is an integer overflow in sql/auth/sql_authentication.cc which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication packet.

Scoring

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v3.0)
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS	89.92% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-190
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2017-04-24
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
oracle	mysql

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	MySQL < 5.6.35 / < 5.7.17 - Integer Overflow	2017-05-01

References

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