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CVE-2016-3550

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3550 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (versions 6u115, 7u101, 8u92) and Java SE Embedded (version 8u91), specifically affecting the Hotspot component. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) allows remote attackers to impact confidentiality with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, but does not affect integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

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

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.111-1jpp.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
View patch
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-2016-3550Moderate

OpenJDK: integer overflows in bytecode streams (Hotspot, 8152479)

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
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
securityfocus.com / bid/91951
securitytracker.com / id/1036365
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3043-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3062-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3077-1