CVE-2016-0494

27

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0494 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded, affecting versions 6u105, 7u91, 8u66, and 8u65 respectively, related to the 2D component. This critical flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available, and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		12.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
		14.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
		15.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:::::::*
		15.10CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
		1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update105::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

7.21%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

93.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0721 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (28)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: spacewalk-java-0:2.3.8-146.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el6_7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el6_7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.95-1jpp.2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.95-2.6.4.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.38-1.13.10.0.el5_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

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.71-1.b15.el6_7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.95-2.6.4.0.el6_7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.38-1.13.10.0.el6_7

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

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.71-2.b15.el7_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.95-2.6.4.0.el7_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.38-1.13.10.0.el7_2

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

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

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

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: spacewalk-java-0:2.0.2-109.el6sat

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

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0494Critical

ICU: integer signedness issue in IndicRearrangementProcessor (OpenJDK 2D, 8140543)

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0049.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0050.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0053.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0054.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0067.html

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1430

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-14

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-08

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3458

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3465

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html

Vendor Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

securitytracker.com / id/1034715

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2884-1

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2885-1