CVE-2016-0466

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Published 2016-01-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit components in Oracle Java SE 6u105, 7u91, and 8u66; Java SE Embedded 8u65; and JRockit R28.3.8 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	15.04	affected
ubuntu	15.10	affected
debian	sid	fixed	`8u72-b15-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
oracle	jdk	`1.6.0`
oracle	jdk	`1.7.0`
oracle	jdk	`1.8.0`
oracle	jre	`1.6.0`
oracle	jre	`1.7.0`
oracle	jre	`1.8.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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