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CVE-2017-3526

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3526 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, specifically within the JAXP subcomponent. This difficult-to-exploit vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause a complete system hang or repeatable crash. The CVSS 3.0 base score is 5.9 (Medium), indicating a high impact on availability but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. While it can be exploited via sandboxed Java Web Start applications and applets, it also applies to server deployments and can be triggered by supplying data to APIs. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6:update_141:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7:update_131:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8:update_121:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6:update_141:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7:update_131:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0331 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (14)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.141-2.6.10.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.141-2.6.10.1.el7_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.131-2.b11.el7_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el7_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.131-0.b11.el6_9
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3526Moderate

OpenJDK: incomplete XML parse tree size enforcement (JAXP, 8169011)

Apr 18, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1108
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1109
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1117
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1118
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1119
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1204
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-03
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-01
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3858
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97733
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038286