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high 8.5

CVE-2017-3523 json

Improper Access Control in MySQL Connectors Java

published 2017-04-24 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-2xxh-f8r3-hvvr , EUVD-2022-2076

cvss
8.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 5.1.40 and earlier. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. While the vulnerability is in MySQL Connectors, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Patch / fix

  • maven mysql:mysql-connector-java 5.1.41
  • mysql-connector-java SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 5.1.42-5.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2591-1

  • mysql-connector-java openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.25-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11071-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-3523 updated cvss 8.5

mysql-connector-java: Improper automatic deserialization of binary data (CPU Apr 2017)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql-connector-java Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mysql-connector-java Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 mysql-connector-java Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 mysql-connector-java
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 mysql-connector-java Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 mysql-connector-java
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 mysql-connector-java
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

2.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 8.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven mysql:mysql-connector-java
<5.1.41
5.1.41

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation MySQL Connectors

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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