{"id":"CVE-2016-0483","title":"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","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.  NOTE: the previous …","severity":"critical","cvss":10,"cvssVector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","vendor":"oracle","product":"jdk","affected":["jdk = 1.6.0","jdk = 1.7.0","jdk = 1.8.0","jre = 1.6.0","jre = 1.7.0","jre = 1.8.0","jrockit = r28.3.8","ubuntu_linux = 12.04","ubuntu_linux = 14.04","ubuntu_linux = 15.04","ubuntu_linux = 15.10"],"published":"2016-01-21","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T16:17:12.370","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0483","references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0049.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0050.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0053.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0054.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0067.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3458","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3465","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034715","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2884-1","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2885-1","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-032","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-14","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-08","label":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00045.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0049.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0050.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0053.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0054.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0056.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0057.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0067.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3458","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3465","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"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Overview\n\nUnspecified 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `jdk = 1.6.0`\n- `jdk = 1.7.0`\n- `jdk = 1.8.0`\n- `jre = 1.6.0`\n- `jre = 1.7.0`\n- `jre = 1.8.0`\n- `jrockit = r28.3.8`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 12.04`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 14.04`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 15.04`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 15.10`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"hadal","depthScore":83,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":55,"likelihood":2.9,"exploitation":25,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":222533,"id":"CVE-2016-0483","ts":1792084738079,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"10"},{"seq":222532,"id":"CVE-2016-0483","ts":1792084738079,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"critical"}]}