CVE-2016-5546

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5546 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE (versions 6u131, 7u121, 8u112), Java SE Embedded (8u111), and JRockit (R28.3.12) within the Libraries subcomponent. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to compromise Java installations, leading to unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5, the vulnerability primarily impacts data integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion beyond a single mention, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		1.6CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6:update_131::::::
		1.7CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7:update_121::::::
		1.8CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8:update_111::::::
		1.8CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8:update_112::::::
		1.6CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6:update_131::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.17%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

86.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-25

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0317 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (23)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.141-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.121-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.141-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.121-1jpp.1.el7_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.131-2.6.9.0.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.10.1-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.121-0.b13.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.131-2.6.9.0.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.4.0-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.1-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.41-1jpp.1.el6_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.121-0.b13.el7_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.131-2.6.9.0.el7_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.4.0-1jpp.1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.1-1jpp.2.el7

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-2016-5546Moderate

OpenJDK: incorrect ECDSA signature extraction from the DER input (Libraries, 8168714)

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0175.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0176.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0177.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0180.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0263.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0269.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0336.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0337.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0338.html

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

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-65

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-01

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20170119-0001

debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3782

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html

PatchVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/95506

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1037637