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CVE-2017-3260

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3260 is a high-severity vulnerability in the AWT subcomponent of Oracle Java SE versions 7u121 and 8u112. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to compromise Java SE, potentially leading to a full system takeover. Exploitation requires user interaction and primarily impacts client-side Java deployments running untrusted code within a sandbox. Despite its high CVSS score of 8.3, there is no evidence of 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_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_112:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3260Critical

OpenJDK: menu handling memory corruption (AWT, 8164143)

Jan 17, 2017

References

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/95576
securitytracker.com / id/1037637