Vulnerability

CVE-2016-5626

MEDIUM 6.5

CVE-2016-5626 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS v3.1 6.5). As of 2026-10-20, 9 502 hosts in our data show software it affects on an open service in at least 15 countries.

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.5.51 and earlier, 5.6.32 and earlier, and 5.7.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via vectors related to GIS.

Published
2016-10-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
CVSS score
6.5 CVSS v3.1
CVSS vector (v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit likelihood (EPSS)
6.3% in the next 30 days (top 7% of CVEs)

Exposure in our data

9 502 hosts

Hosts whose banner shows an affected software version on a service open at their latest check.

Not counted: 234 hosts with this CVE only from an older observation.

Not counted: 2 hosts where the software version is too vague to tell (only a major release).

Not counted: 170 more on distribution builds that may be patched (the distribution may have backported the fix without changing the version).

5 671 more hosts had it earlier (the software version has since changed or the service is gone).

Counted 2026-10-20 04:20 UTC

By country

China CN5 548
United States US1 214
South Korea KR678
Hong Kong HK262
India IN183
Türkiye TR161
Russia RU155
Serbia RS134
Taiwan TW132
Japan JP120
Singapore SG107
Brazil BR103
Indonesia ID90
Malaysia MY66
Sweden SE63

Affected software seen

mysql 5.6.161 575
mysql 5.5.18.1770
mysql 5.6.25515
mysql 5.7.12463
mysql 5.6.21301
mysql 5.5.28238
mysql 5.6.29194
mysql 5.7.11183
mysql 5.6.26172
mysql 5.6.17164
mysql 5.5.30159
mysql 5.5.40158