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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-0546 · published 21 January 2016

CVE-2016-0546: Canonical ubuntu linux vulnerability

Canonical · Ubuntu Linux

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 and MariaDB before 5.5.47, 10.0.x before 10.0.23, and 10.1.x before 10.1.10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Client. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that these are multiple buffer overflows in the mysqlshow tool that allow remote database servers to have unspecified impact via a long table or database name.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 0.59% · top 53.7%
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
0.59%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
16Affected product versions listed by NVD
52References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.46 and earlier, 5.6.27 and earlier, and 5.7.9 and MariaDB before 5.5.47, 10.0.x before 10.0.23, and 10.1.x before 10.1.10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Client. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that these are multiple buffer overflows in the mysqlshow tool that allow remote database servers to have unspecified impact via a long table or database name.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

16 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00016.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0534.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0705.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1481.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3453 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3459 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81066 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034708 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2881-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301493 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-47.html Vendor Advisory
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-28.html Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/0dbd5a8797ed4bd18e8b883988fb62177eb0f73f Third Party Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-10110-release-notes/ Vendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-5547-release-notes/ Vendor Advisory
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mdb-10023-rn/ Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00016.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00033.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00034.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00051.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0534.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0705.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1480.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1481.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3453 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3459 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-0546), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.