CVE-2016-0642

15

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0642 is an unspecified vulnerability within Oracle MySQL versions 5.5.48 and earlier, 5.6.29 and earlier, and 5.7.11 and earlier, specifically impacting the Federated storage engine. This flaw allows local, highly privileged users to compromise the integrity and availability of the database. With a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), it requires local access and high privileges, but has a high impact on availability and low impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.48CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql::::::::
		>= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.29CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql::::::::
		>= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.11CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql::::::::
		11CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4::::::
		42.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

0.5

Impact Score

4.2

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.18%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

64.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 418 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (32)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mariadb-1:5.5.47-1.el7_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.30-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.25-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.50-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.49-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.30-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.25-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.50-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.49-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.30-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.25-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.50-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.49-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.30-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.25-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.49-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.30-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.25-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.50-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.49-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.30-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.25-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.50-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.49-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mysql55-mysql-0:5.5.50-1.el7

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mysql55-mysql

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: mariadb-galera

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)Fixed in: mariadb-galera

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)Fixed in: mariadb-galera

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: mariadb-galera

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0642Moderate

mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Federated (CPU April 2016)

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00035.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00053.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00053.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0534.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0705.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1481.html

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1132

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3557

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html

PatchVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/86445

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1035606

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2953-1

Third Party Advisory

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2954-1

Third Party Advisory