Denial of service in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2016-5547
Published: July 5, 2017 / Updated: November 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7326
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5547
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
JRockit
Oracle Java SE
JRockit
Oracle Java SE
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unknown error in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Libraries component. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to unknown error in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Libraries component. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5547
Install update from vendor's website.