CVE-2016-5612

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and...

6.5 MediumFix available

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

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

3.71%Up 2.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

Record: CVE-2016-5612
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 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

Record: CVE-2016-5612
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-6556 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

Record: EUVD-2016-6556
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqm7-6fmh-f42h 6.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and...

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

Record: GHSA-xqm7-6fmh-f42h
CVSS 3.0: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/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 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

Record: CVE-2016-5612
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

OSVRHSA-2016:1601 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-mysql56-mysql security update

Record: RHSA-2016:1601
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

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OSVRHSA-2016:2130 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: mysql55-mysql security update

Record: RHSA-2016:2130
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2016:2131 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: mariadb55-mariadb security update

Record: RHSA-2016:2131
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2016:2595 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: mariadb security and bug fix update

Record: RHSA-2016:2595
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2016:2927 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-mariadb100-mariadb security update

Record: RHSA-2016:2927
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5612 6.5

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.50 and earlier, 5.6.31 and earlier, and 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5612
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

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`rh-mysql56-mysql` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.6.32-1.el6	0:5.6.32-1.el6
`rh-mysql56-mysql` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`rh-mysql56-mysql-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`rh-mysql56-mysql-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.6.32-1.el7	0:5.6.32-1.el7
`mysql55-mysql` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.52-1.el6	0:5.5.52-1.el6
`mysql55-mysql-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.52-1.el6	0:5.5.52-1.el6
`mysql55-mysql-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.52-1.el6	0:5.5.52-1.el6
`mysql55-mysql-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.52-1.el6	0:5.5.52-1.el6
`mysql55-mysql-libs` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.52-1.el6	0:5.5.52-1.el6
`mysql55-mysql-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.52-1.el6	0:5.5.52-1.el6
`mysql55-mysql-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.52-1.el6	0:5.5.52-1.el6
`mysql55-mysql` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.52-1.el7	0:5.5.52-1.el7
`mysql55-mysql-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.52-1.el7	0:5.5.52-1.el7
`mysql55-mysql-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.52-1.el7	0:5.5.52-1.el7
`mysql55-mysql-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.52-1.el7	0:5.5.52-1.el7
`mysql55-mysql-libs` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.52-1.el7	0:5.5.52-1.el7
`mysql55-mysql-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.52-1.el7	0:5.5.52-1.el7
`mysql55-mysql-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.52-1.el7	0:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb55-mariadb` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.53-1.el6	0:5.5.53-1.el6
`mariadb55-mariadb-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.53-1.el6	0:5.5.53-1.el6
`mariadb55-mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.53-1.el6	0:5.5.53-1.el6
`mariadb55-mariadb-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.53-1.el6	0:5.5.53-1.el6
`mariadb55-mariadb-libs` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.53-1.el6	0:5.5.53-1.el6
`mariadb55-mariadb-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.53-1.el6	0:5.5.53-1.el6
`mariadb55-mariadb-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 0:5.5.53-1.el6	0:5.5.53-1.el6
`mariadb55-mariadb` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.53-1.el7	0:5.5.53-1.el7
`mariadb55-mariadb-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.53-1.el7	0:5.5.53-1.el7
`mariadb55-mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.53-1.el7	0:5.5.53-1.el7
`mariadb55-mariadb-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.53-1.el7	0:5.5.53-1.el7
`mariadb55-mariadb-libs` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.53-1.el7	0:5.5.53-1.el7
`mariadb55-mariadb-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.53-1.el7	0:5.5.53-1.el7
`mariadb55-mariadb-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 0:5.5.53-1.el7	0:5.5.53-1.el7
`mariadb-bench` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-test` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-bench` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-test` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-bench` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-test` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-embedded-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-bench` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`mariadb-test` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation	before 1:5.5.52-1.el7	1:5.5.52-1.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-oqgraph-engine` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el6	before 1:10.0.28-5.el6	1:10.0.28-5.el6
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-bench` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-common` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-config` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-devel` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-errmsg` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-oqgraph-engine` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-server` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`rh-mariadb100-mariadb-test` Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:2::el7	before 1:10.0.28-5.el7	1:10.0.28-5.el7
`mariadb-5.5` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 5.5.52-1ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 5.5.32-1ubuntu15.5.35-1ubuntu15.5.36-15.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.39-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Show 8 moreShow less 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.41-0ubuntu0.14.04.25.5.41-1ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.43-1ubuntu0.14.04.25.5.44-1ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.46-1ubuntu0.14.04.25.5.47-1ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.49-1ubuntu0.14.04.1	5.5.52-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
`mysql-5.5` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 5.5.32-0ubuntu75.5.34-0ubuntu15.5.34-0ubuntu25.5.35-0ubuntu15.5.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1 Show 10 moreShow less 5.5.37-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.38-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.41-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.43-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.46-0ubuntu0.14.04.25.5.47-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.49-0ubuntu0.14.04.15.5.50-0ubuntu0.14.04.1	5.5.52-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
`mariadb-10.0` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 10.0.27-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 10.0.20-0ubuntu0.15.04.110.0.22-0ubuntu110.0.23-110.0.23-210.0.24-710.0.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1	10.0.27-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
`percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 5.6.34-26.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 5.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu25.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu35.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu3.15.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu3.2	5.6.34-26.19-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
`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

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-5612 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Oracle Mysql, published October 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.71%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in rh-mysql56-mysql 0:5.6.32-1.el6.

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