What is CVE-2016-8287?

CVE-2016-8287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle MySQL. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2016-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-8287?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle MySQL

CVE-2016-8287

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.7.13 and earlier allows remote administrators to affect availability via vectors related to Server: Replication.

Published 2016-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle MySQL

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-01 (vendor-advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93727 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037050 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8287?: CVE-2016-8287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle MySQL. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2016-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-8287?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.