CVE-2016-5542

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5542 is an unspecified vulnerability impacting the integrity of Oracle Java SE (versions 6u121, 7u111, 8u102) and Java SE Embedded (version 8u101), specifically within its Libraries component. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.1, indicating a network-based attack requiring high attack complexity and user interaction, with a potential impact limited to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update121::::::
		1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update111::::::
		1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update101::::::
		1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update102::::::
		1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update121::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.1LOW

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.6

Impact Score

1.4

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

2.79%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

84.9%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0279 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 232 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (26)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.121-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.111-1jpp.4.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.121-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.131-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.111-1jpp.4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.121-1jpp.1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.131-1jpp.1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.9.60-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.35-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.3.20-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.35-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.111-1.b15.el7_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.0.el7_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.el7_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.3.20-1jpp.1.el7_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.60-1jpp.1.el7_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.1-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.1-1jpp.1.el6_8

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5542Moderate

OpenJDK: missing algorithm restrictions for jar verification (Libraries, 8155973)

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2079.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2088.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2089.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2090.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2136.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2137.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2138.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2658.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2659.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0061.html

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1216

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-04

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-43

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20161019-0001

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3707

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

PatchVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/93643

securitytracker.com / id/1037040

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3130-1

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3154-1