CVE-2016-3459

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB...

4.9 MediumFix available

CVE-2016-3459 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Mariadb, published July 20, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.25%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in rh-mariadb100-mariadb 1:10.0.25-4.el6.

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

3.25%Up 2.0 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.9

Record: CVE-2016-3459
CVSS 3.0: 4.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-3459
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-4485 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-4485
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9c7x-wvr8-xvf2 4.9

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier and MariaDB...

Record: GHSA-9c7x-wvr8-xvf2
CVSS 3.0: 4.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 4.9

Record: CVE-2016-3459
CVSS 3.0: 4.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2016:1132 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-mariadb100-mariadb security update

Record: RHSA-2016:1132
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

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OSVRHSA-2016:1601 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-mysql56-mysql security update

Record: RHSA-2016:1601
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-3459 4.9

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3459
CVSS 3.0: 4.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10200-1 No score

libmysql56client18-32bit-5.6.34-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libmysql56client18-32bit-5.6.34-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10200-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-3040-1 No score

mysql-5.5, mysql-5.6, mysql-5.7 vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 5.5.50 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 15.10 has been updated to MySQL 5.6.31. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.13.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-50.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-31.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-13.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

Record: USN-3040-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-oqgraph-engine` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.25-4.el6	1:10.0.25-4.el6

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-oqgraph-engine` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.25-4.el7	1:10.0.25-4.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`mysql-5.6` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, plus listed versions 5.6.15-0ubuntu15.6.15-1~exp25.6.16-1~exp15.6.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.6.19-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.6.27-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.6.28-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.6.30-0ubuntu0.14.04.1	5.6.31-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
`mariadb-10.0` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 10.0.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 10.0.20-0ubuntu0.15.04.110.0.22-0ubuntu110.0.23-110.0.23-210.0.24-7	10.0.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
`mysql-5.7` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, plus listed versions 5.7.11-0ubuntu45.7.11-0ubuntu55.7.11-0ubuntu65.7.12-0ubuntu15.7.12-0ubuntu1.1	5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
`percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 5.6.34-26.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 5.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu25.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu35.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu3.15.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu3.2	5.6.34-26.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
`percona-server-5.6` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 5.6.22-rel71.0-0ubuntu25.6.22-rel71.0-0ubuntu45.6.22-rel71.0-0ubuntu4.1	None known
`mysql-5.5` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 5.5.32-0ubuntu75.5.34-0ubuntu15.5.34-0ubuntu25.5.35-0ubuntu15.5.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1 Show 9 moreShow less 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.38-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.41-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.43-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.46-0ubuntu0.14.04.25.5.47-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.49-0ubuntu0.14.04.1	5.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1