CVE-2016-5548

23

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5548 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE (versions 6u131, 7u121, 8u112) and Java SE Embedded (version 8u111), specifically within the Libraries subcomponent. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to critical or all accessible data through network protocols, requiring user interaction to succeed. It primarily impacts client-side Java deployments running untrusted code within a sandbox. While the CVSS v3.0 base score is 6.5 (Confidentiality impact), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, 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

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

2.97%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

85.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0297 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

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: 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: 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 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-2016-5548Important

OpenJDK: DSA implementation timing attack (Libraries, 8168728)

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/95559

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1037637