CVE-2016-5582: oracle jdk Improper Access Control
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5582 is a critical (CVSS 9.6) Improper Access Control vulnerability in oracle jdk. EPSS estimates a 5.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.6 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 15 · Related 11Timeline
- 25-10-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u121, 7u111, 8u102; and Java SE Embedded 8u101 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Hotspot, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5573.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.6CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated9.6CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
5.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.21 pp
From 5.44% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard16 products
- openjdk-11-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
- openjdk-17-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
- openjdk-21-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
- openjdk-25-openj9< 0.59.0-r1
- openjdk-25-openj9-dbg< 0.59.0-r1
Ubuntu3 products
- openjdk-6< 6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
- openjdk-7< 7u121-2.6.8-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
- openjdk-8< 8u111-b14-2ubuntu0.16.04.2
3 vendors · 21 products
References
23 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryFIX