CVE-2016-5444

17

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5444 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL versions 5.5.48 and earlier, 5.6.29 and earlier, and 5.7.11 and earlier, as well as MariaDB versions before 5.5.49, 10.0.x before 10.0.25, and 10.1.x before 10.1.14. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to compromise data confidentiality through vectors related to the Server: Connection component. With a CVSSv3 score of 3.7 (Low), it requires high attack complexity and only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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::::::::
		>= 5.5.20, < 5.5.49CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb::::::::
		>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.25CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.2

Impact Score

1.4

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.76%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

88.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0376 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-1:5.5.50-1.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

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-2016-5444Low

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

References

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

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

Third Party Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

mariadb.com / kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10025-release-notes

Vendor Advisory

mariadb.com / kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10114-release-notes

Vendor Advisory

mariadb.com / kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5549-release-notes

Vendor Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

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

PatchVendor Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/91787

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securityfocus.com / bid/91987

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1036362

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry