CVE-2016-0651

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Optimizer.

Published: 2016-04-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-0651 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.23%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-0651

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 0.25% 1.23% +0.98%
2 2025-12-28 0.27% 0.25% -0.03%
3 2025-12-27 0.27%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-0651

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-0651

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-0651

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0651
suse medium CVE-2016-0651 severity moderate: SUSE including 170 source package names (4.0.0:libmysqlclient18-10.0.25-6.1, beta1:libmysqlclient18-10.0.25-6.1, …), 408 product×package rows across 68 product lines (Container caasp/v4/salt-master, Container caasp/v4/velum, … (68 product lines)): Fixed 320, Known Not Affected 88. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0651/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-0651 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (mariadb-10.0, mariadb-5.5, …), 155 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 131, ignored 8, not-affected 6, needs-triage 5, released 3, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0651

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-0651

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle mysql >= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.46 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.47 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.23 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mariadb mariadb >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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_aus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-0651

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1481.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035606 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 Third Party Advisory
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