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CVE-2016-0502

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote...

6.5 Medium

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.12%Up 2.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Record
CVE-2016-0502
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Record
CVE-2016-0502
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0537 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Record
EUVD-2016-0537
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vv3q-9x8q-835j 6.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote...

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Record
GHSA-vv3q-9x8q-835j
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Record
CVE-2016-0502
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-0502 6.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0502
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10200-1 No score

libmysql56client18-32bit-5.6.34-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libmysql56client18-32bit-5.6.34-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10200-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0348-1 No score

Security update for mysql

This update to MySQL 5.5.47 fixes the following issues (bsc#962779):

  • CVE-2015-7744: Lack of verification against faults associated with the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) process when allowing ephemeral key exchange without low memory optimizations on a server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private RSA keys by capturing TLS handshakes, aka a Lenstra attack.
  • CVE-2016-0502: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.31 and earlier and 5.6.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.
  • CVE-2016-0505: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Options.
  • CVE-2016-0546: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Client.
  • CVE-2016-0596: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier and 5.6.27 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.
  • CVE-2016-0597: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.
  • CVE-2016-0598: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.
  • CVE-2016-0600: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to InnoDB.
  • CVE-2016-0606: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to encryption.
  • CVE-2016-0608: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to UDF.
  • CVE-2016-0609: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to privileges.
  • CVE-2016-0616: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Optimizer.
  • bsc#959724: Possible buffer overflow from incorrect use of strcpy() and sprintf()

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960961: Incorrect use of plugin-load option in default_plugins.cnf
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0348-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
mysql
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 5.5.47-0.17.1
5.5.47-0.17.1
percona-server-5.6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.6.22-rel71.0-0ubuntu25.6.22-rel71.0-0ubuntu45.6.22-rel71.0-0ubuntu4.1
 None known
percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu25.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu35.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu3.15.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu3.25.6.34-26.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.15.6.34-26.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.25.6.37-26.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.15.6.37-26.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
 None known

History

History
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In short

CVE-2016-0502 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Oracle Mysql, published January 21, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.12%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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