CVE-2017-3253

22

FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3253 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, specifically within the 2D subcomponent. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this easily via network access through multiple protocols, leading to a complete system hang or repeatable crash. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), the primary impact is on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.87%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

89.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0387 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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-2017-3253Moderate

OpenJDK: imageio PNGImageReader failed to honor ignoreMetadata for iTXt and zTXt chunks (2D, 8166988)

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/95498

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1037637