CVE-2016-5568

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u121, 7u111, and 8u102 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to AWT.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update121, 1.7.0-update111, 1.8.0-update102
Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update121, 1.7.0-update111, 1.8.0-update102

References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93621
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037040
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-04
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-43
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20161019-0001/
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93621
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037040
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-04

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