What is CVE-2016-6632?

CVE-2016-6632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-6632?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2016-6632

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin where, under certain conditions, phpMyAdmin may not delete temporary files during the import of ESRI files. 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.

Published 2016-12-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

phpMyAdmin — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92497 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-55 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 (vendor-advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6632?: CVE-2016-6632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-6632?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.