CVE-2015-2566

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.6.22 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

Published: 2015-04-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2566 is rated Low Risk (36.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.82%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2566

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-28 0.95% 0.82% -0.12%
2 2025-12-27 0.82% 0.95% +0.12%
3 2025-10-28 0.82%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2566

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.8 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:M)
Multiple authentications are required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
5.5 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2566

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-2566

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-2566: 1 GLSA(s) (201507-19), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/mysql); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-2566
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2566
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-2566 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (mariadb-10.0, mariadb-5.5, mysql-5.5, mysql-5.6, mysql-dfsg-5.1), 35 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): DNE 18, not-affected 6, released 5, ignored 3, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2566

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2566

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell suse_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:11.0:sp3:*:*:desktop:*:*:*
novell suse_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:11.0:sp3:*:*:server:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_for_vmware 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_for_vmware:11.0:sp3:*:*:server:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_sdk 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_sdk:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle mysql <= 5.6.22 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2566

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