CVE-2016-3500

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-07-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92; Java SE Embedded 8u91; and JRockit R28.3.10 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3508.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update115, 1.7.0-update101, 1.8.0-update91, 1.8.0-update92
Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update115, 1.7.0-update101, 1.8.0-update91, 1.8.0-update92
Oracle JRockit: r28.3.10
Oracle Corporation Oracle Linux: 5.0, 6, 7

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00035.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00028.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1504.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1776.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3641
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

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