5.9

CVE-2016-6622: phpmyadmin Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-6622UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6622DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6622
Published 11-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6622 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
DLA-1415-1DLA-626-1MGASA-2016-0291OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user is able to execute a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by forcing persistent connections when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.80% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4.4.15.8-r0
Debian1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1
Phpmyadmin1 product
  • phpmyadminEOL4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.4.1 | 4.0.4.2 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.9 | 4.0.10 | 4.0.10.1 | 4.0.10.2 | 4.0.10.3 | 4.0.10.4 | 4.0.10.5 | 4.0.10.6 | 4.0.10.7 | 4.0.10.8 | 4.0.10.9 | 4.0.10.10 | 4.0.10.11 | 4.0.10.12 | 4.0.10.13 | 4.0.10.14 | 4.0.10.15 | 4.0.10.16 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.1.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.5 | 4.4.6 | 4.4.6.1 | 4.4.7 | 4.4.8 | 4.4.9 | 4.4.10 | 4.4.12 | 4.4.13 | 4.4.13.1 | 4.4.14 | 4.4.14.1 | 4.4.15 | 4.4.15.1 | 4.4.15.2 | 4.4.15.3 | 4.4.15.4 | 4.4.15.5 | 4.4.15.6 | 4.4.15.7 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • phpmyadminAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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