Security advisory

{
  "id": "efe795614891f1e3d6e31a59e2a2536dea03c6d22de8b9b680a0c24d57243fea",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3501",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-3501",
    "summary": "Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.30 and earlier and 5.7.12 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Optimizer.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-3501",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-3501",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-3501"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "63f68c53873174e07ef8e6d7d60e9cec05c4b34e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "99077a555bc197b8be46287543cbde36ab4da8dd"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.6.30"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.7.12"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "mysql-5.6.30",
            "mysql-5.7.12",
            "mysql-5.1.4",
            "mysql-4.0.4",
            "mysql-4.0.2",
            "mysql-3.23.36",
            "mysql-3.23.33",
            "mysql-3.23.32",
            "mysql-3.23.31",
            "mysql-3.23.30-gamma",
            "mysql-3.23.28-gamma",
            "mysql-3.23.22-beta"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3501.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:06.409677601Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "12.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.10"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.10"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-3501",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440978,
  "published_at": "2016-07-21T10:12:54.463+00:00"
}