CVE-2016-6618: phpMyAdmin Denial of service (DOS) attack in transformation feature

medium Affects phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-14; advisory modified 2024-12-06.

phpMyAdmin Denial of service (DOS) attack in transformation feature

Package: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Composer
Affected versions: >=4.6 and <4.6.4 or >=4.4 and <4.4.15.8 or >=4.0 and <4.0.10.17
Fixed in: 4.6.4, 4.4.15.8, 4.0.10.17
Severity: medium CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (79.0th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-14
Source: osv.dev

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