CVE-2016-0616

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.47, 10.0.x before 10.0.23, and 10.1.x before 10.1.10 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Published: 2016-01-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-0616 is rated Moderate Risk (50.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.80%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +3.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-0616

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 2026-06-15 0.47% 3.80% +3.32%
2 2025-12-28 0.57% 0.47% -0.10%
3 2025-12-27 0.57%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-0616

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-0616

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-0616

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0616
suse medium CVE-2016-0616 severity moderate: SUSE including 178 source package names (4.0.0:libmysqlclient18-10.0.25-6.1, beta1:libmysqlclient18-10.0.25-6.1, …), 444 product×package rows across 74 product lines (Container caasp/v4/salt-master, Container caasp/v4/velum, … (74 product lines)): Fixed 356, Known Not Affected 88. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0616/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-0616 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (mariadb-10.0, mariadb-5.5, …), 161 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 133, ignored 7, not-affected 7, released 7, needs-triage 5, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-0616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb <= 5.5.46 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.0.22 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb 10.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:10.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle mysql <= 5.5.46 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-0616

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0534.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1481.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3453 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3459
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81176
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034708
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2881-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10110-release-notes/ Vendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5547-release-notes/ Vendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mdb-10023-rn/ Vendor Advisory
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