What is CVE-2016-5442?

CVE-2016-5442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle MySQL. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2016-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-5442?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle MySQL

CVE-2016-5442

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.7.12 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Security: Encryption.

Published 2016-07-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle MySQL

References

www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3040-1 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91974 (vdb-entry)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036362 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5442?: CVE-2016-5442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle MySQL. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2016-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-5442?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.