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CVE-2016-0636

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0636 is an unspecified vulnerability in the Hotspot sub-component of Oracle Java SE 7u97, 8u73, and 8u74, affecting Oracle and Red Hat products. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high impact, despite high attack complexity. Although there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, including reports of potential remote code execution.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0576 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 8,913 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.77-0.b03.el7_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.99-1jpp.1.el5_11
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.99-1jpp.1.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.77-1jpp.1.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.99-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.77-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el5_11
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.77-0.b03.el6_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.99-2.6.5.0.el7_2
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0636Critical

OpenJDK: missing type safety checks for MethodHandle calls across class loaders, incorrect CVE-2013-5838 fix (Hotspot, 8151666)

Mar 23, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00035.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0511.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0512.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0513.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0514.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0515.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0516.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201606-18
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-08
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20160328-0001
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3558
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0636-2949497.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/85376
securitytracker.com / id/1035401
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2942-1