CVE-2016-5440

20

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5440 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL versions 5.5.49 and earlier, 5.6.30 and earlier, and 5.7.12 and earlier, as well as MariaDB versions before 5.5.50, 10.0.x before 10.0.26, and 10.1.x before 10.1.15. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) allows remote administrators to impact system availability through vectors related to Server: RBR. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		2.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:2.1:::::::*
		3.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powerkvm:3.1:::::::*
		>= 5.5.20, < 5.5.50CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb::::::::
		>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.26CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb::::::::
		>= 10.1.0, < 10.1.15CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb::::::::

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

3.70%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

88.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0370 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 3,562 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 (38)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mariadb-1:5.5.50-1.el7_2

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: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.32-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.50-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.26-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-mariadb101-mariadb-1:10.1.16-1.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: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.32-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.50-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.26-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb101-mariadb-1:10.1.16-1.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: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.32-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.50-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.26-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb101-mariadb-1:10.1.16-1.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.32-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.26-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mariadb101-mariadb-1:10.1.16-1.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: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.32-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.50-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.26-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb101-mariadb-1:10.1.16-1.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: rh-mysql56-mysql-0:5.6.32-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.50-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb100-mariadb-1:10.0.26-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-mariadb101-mariadb-1:10.1.16-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mariadb55-mariadb-0:5.5.50-1.el7

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mysql

redhatno patchvia 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-2016-5440Moderate

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

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00042.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1601.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1602.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1603.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1604.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1637.html

Third Party Advisory

mariadb.com / kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10026-release-notes

Vendor Advisory

mariadb.com / kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10115-release-notes

Vendor Advisory

mariadb.com / kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5550-release-notes

Vendor Advisory

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3624

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3632

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

PatchVendor Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Vendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/91787

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securityfocus.com / bid/91953

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1036362

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3040-1

Third Party Advisory