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CVE-2016-5568

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5568 is an unspecified critical vulnerability in Oracle Java SE versions 6u121, 7u111, and 8u102, specifically impacting the AWT component. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.6, it allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required beyond visiting a malicious site. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:update102:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update121:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update111:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.6CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0391 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 834 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5568Critical

OpenJDK: incorrect menu handling on Windows (AWT, 8158993)

Oct 18, 2016

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-04
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-43
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20161019-0001
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93621
securitytracker.com / id/1037040