CVE-2016-8318 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL Server versions 5.6.34 and earlier, and 5.7.16 and earlier, specifically within the Security: Encryption subcomponent. This easily exploitable flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with network access to cause a complete denial of service (DoS) through repeated crashes of the MySQL Server. While requiring human interaction from a non-attacker, successful exploitation can significantly impact other products. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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