CVE-2016-0494

critical

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

10.0

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java SE and Java SE Embedded components in Oracle Java SE 6u105, 7u91, and 8u66 and Java SE Embedded 8u65 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D.

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

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
15.10	Affected	—
15.04	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`57.1-4`
sid	Fixed	`57.1-4`
forky	Fixed	`57.1-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`57.1-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`57.1-4`

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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