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CVE-2016-5436

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5436 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL versions 5.7.12 and earlier, specifically affecting the InnoDB storage engine. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) allows remote administrators to impact system availability through low-complexity attacks, leading to a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.7.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5436Moderate

mysql: unspecified vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: InnoDB (CPU July 2016)

Jul 20, 2016

References

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91787
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/91906
securitytracker.com / id/1036362
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3040-1