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Java CPU January 2016 Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit AWT vulnerability (CVE-2016-0483)

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Java CPU January 2016 Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit AWT vulnerability (CVE-2016-0483)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/19/2016
Modified
09/13/2018

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u105, 7u91, and 8u66; Java SE Embedded 8u65; and JRockit R28.3.8 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to AWT. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this is a heap-based buffer overflow in the readImage function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted image data.

Solution(s)

  • jre-upgrade-latest

References

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