CVE-2015-4842

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-21 · updated 2026-10-14

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60, and Java SE Embedded 8u51, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to JAXP.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update101, 1.7.0-update85, 1.8.0-update51, 1.8.0-update60
Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update_101, 1.7.0-update_85, 1.8.0-update_51, 1.8.0-update_60

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00014.html

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