CVE-2016-6618

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. The transformation feature allows a user to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the server. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.4.0, 4.4.1 (+54)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95047
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-41
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95047
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-41

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