CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0483

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to remote code execution, posing a serious threat to systems using these versions of Java.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of Java to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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