MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-0596

Enterprise Linux Desktop vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier and 5.6.27 and earlier and MariaDB before 5.5.47, 10.0.x before 10.0.23, and 10.1.x before 10.1.10 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to DML.
Affected vendor
Redhat
Affected product
Enterprise Linux Desktop
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2016-01-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-0596

  • Confirm whether Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-0596.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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