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CVE-2016-3500

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3500 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE (versions 6u115, 7u101, 8u92), Java SE Embedded (8u91), and JRockit (R28.3.10), specifically related to JAXP. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) can be exploited remotely without user interaction, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update115:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update101:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0480 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (17)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el5_11
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.121-1jpp.1.el5_11
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.101-1jpp.1.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.121-1jpp.1.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.101-1jpp.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.111-1jpp.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.121-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.111-2.6.7.1.el5_11
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.40-1.13.12.4.el5_11
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el7_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.el7_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.40-1.13.12.5.el7_2
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3500Moderate

OpenJDK: maximum XML name limit not applied to namespace URIs (JAXP, 8148872)

Jul 19, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00024.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00032.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00033.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00034.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00035.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00028.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1504.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1776.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1458
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1475
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1476
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1477
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-08
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-43
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20160721-0001
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3641
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91787
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036365
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3043-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3062-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3077-1