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critical 9.6

CVE-2016-5568 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u121, 7u111, and 8u102 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and avail…

published 2016-10-25 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6512

cvss
9.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u121, 7u111, and 8u102 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to AWT.

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • oracle jdk 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • oracle jre 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • sun java 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • sun java_se 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • sun jdk 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • sun jre 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • oracle openjdk 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • sun openjdk 1.6.0_131, 1.7.0_121, 1.8.0_111, 6.0.131, 7.0.121, 8.0.111
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP2 +3 more 1.8.0_sr3.21-20.1
  • java-1_7_0-ibm SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLES 11 SP2-LTSS +4 more 1.7.0_sr9.60-58.2
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12 +5 more 1.7.1_sr3.60-31.2
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.7.1_sr3.60-19.2
  • java-1_6_0-ibm SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLES 11 SP2-LTSS +4 more 1.6.0_sr16.35-78.2
  • java-1_6_0-ibm SLE Module for Legacy 12 1.6.0_sr16.35-43.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdk SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 1.7.0.121-36.2
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 1.8.0.111-17.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3078-1SUSE-SU-2016:3068-1SUSE-SU-2016:3043-1SUSE-SU-2016:3041-1SUSE-SU-2016:3040-1SUSE-SU-2016:3010-1

  • java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.0.111-1.1
  • java-1_7_0-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.7.0.121-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10197-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10534-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5568 updated cvss 8.8

OpenJDK: incorrect menu handling on Windows (AWT, 8158993)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.6.0-sun, java-1.7.0-oracle, java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-demo, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.6.0-sun, java-1.7.0-oracle, java-1.8.0-oracle, java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk, +23 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.6.0-sun, java-1.7.0-oracle, java-1.8.0-oracle, java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk, +29 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

3.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Updated Java versions.