Is CVE-2016-0546 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-0546 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-0546?

CVE-2016-0546 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-0546?

CVE-2016-0546 has an EPSS score of 0.57% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0546?

Upgrade mysql-5.5 on ubuntu 14.04 to 5.5.47-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-0546

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

mysql-5.5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.5.47-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2881-1

mysql-server-5.5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.5.47-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2881-1

MariaDBWindows application

Affected:5.5.20 5.5.47Fixed in:5.5.47MariaDB Corporation Ab

Affected:10.1.0 10.1.10Fixed in:10.1.10MariaDB Corporation Ab

Affected:10.0.0 10.0.23Fixed in:10.0.23MariaDB Corporation Ab

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.