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CVE-2016-9863

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.

Affected products

• phpMyAdmin: 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94526
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-68
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94526
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-68

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