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CVE-2015-5041

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CVE-2015-5041 describes a critical vulnerability in the J9 JVM within several versions of IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, also affecting Red Hat and SUSE distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to invoke non-public interface methods, leading to sensitive information disclosure or data injection. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact threat (confidentiality and integrity) that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0.0, < 6.0.16.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:*:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
>= 6.1.0.0, < 6.1.8.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:*:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0.0, < 7.0.9.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:*:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
>= 7.1.0.0, < 7.1.3.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java_sdk:*:*:*:*:technology:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:ltss:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0390 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.9.40-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: spacewalk-java-0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-java-0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5041Moderate

JDK: J9 JVM allows code to invoke non-public interface methods

Jan 27, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00028.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00031.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1430
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/82451
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry