CVE-2016-5552

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5552 is a medium-severity integrity vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE (versions 6u131, 7u121, 8u112), Java SE Embedded (8u111), and JRockit (R28.3.12), specifically within the Networking subcomponent. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to modify, insert, or delete data. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.3, indicating low integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

1.4

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

2.73%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

84.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0273 is in the 78th 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 (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-2016-5552Moderate

OpenJDK: incorrect URL parsing in URLStreamHandler (Networking, 8167223)

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

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html

debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3782

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

PatchVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/95512

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1037637

securitytracker.com / id/1037798