CVE-2016-0655

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.6.29 and earlier and 5.7.11 and earlier and MariaDB 10.0.x before 10.0.25 and 10.1.x before 10.1.14 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to InnoDB.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
MariaDB: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.25; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.14 — fixed in 10.0.25, 10.1.14
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
MySQL Server: from 5.6.0 through 5.6.29; from 5.7.0 through 5.7.11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.25, 10.1.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00053.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00053.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0705.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3595
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86424
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035606
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2953-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2954-1

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