CVE-2016-5597: oracle jdk
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5597 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in oracle jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 17Timeline
- 25-10-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u121, 7u111, 8u102; and Java SE Embedded 8u101 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to Networking.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
3.94%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.94% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no 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
29 links
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryFIX