CVE-2015-0488

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0488 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE versions 5.0u81, 6u91, 7u76, and 8u40, as well as JRockit R28.3.5, specifically within the JSSE component. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows remote attackers to impact system availability without requiring authentication or complex attack vectors. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		r28.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.3.5:::::::*
		1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.5.0:update8::::::
		1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update91::::::
		1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update76::::::
		1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update40::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.65%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

88.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0365 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (26)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.0-1jpp.2.ael7b_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.79-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.95-1jpp.3.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.45-1jpp.2.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.79-1jpp.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.95-1jpp.3.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.45-1jpp.2.el7_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.79-1jpp.1.el7_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.95-1jpp.3.el7_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.79-2.5.5.2.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.35-1.13.7.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.9.0-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.10-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.79-2.5.5.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.35-1.13.7.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.45-28.b13.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.79-2.5.5.1.el7_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.35-1.13.7.1.el7_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.45-30.b13.ael7b_1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.0-1jpp.2.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.10-1jpp.1.el6_6

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-0488Moderate

OpenJDK: certificate options parsing uncaught exception (JSSE, 8068720)

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0158.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00017.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00018.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00002.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00014.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00015.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00022.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00031.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00000.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00001.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00003.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00004.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00006.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00005.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0806.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0807.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0808.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0809.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0854.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0857.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0858.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1006.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1007.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1020.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1021.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1091.html

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-11

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

www-304.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

www-304.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

www-304.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3234

debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3235

debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3316

mandriva.com / security/advisories

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html

Vendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/74111

securitytracker.com / id/1032120

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2573-1

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2574-1