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CVE-2016-5547

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5547 is a partial denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE (versions 7u121, 8u112), Java SE Embedded (8u111), and JRockit (R28.3.12). This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a partial denial of service through network access via multiple protocols. With a CVSSv3.0 score of 5.3 (Medium), the attack requires no user interaction and impacts availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7:update_121:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8:update_111:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0353 is in the 84th 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 (18)

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-1:1.7.0.131-1jpp.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-1:1.8.0.121-1jpp.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-1:1.7.0.131-1jpp.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-1:1.8.0.121-1jpp.1.el7_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5547Moderate

OpenJDK: missing ObjectIdentifier length check (Libraries, 8168705)

Jan 17, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0175.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0176.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
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/95521
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037637