# CVE-2016-3425: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Java SE via unspecified JAXP vectors, requiring users to upgrade to patched versions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Apr 2016
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-588q-73q3-whvh, MINI-qcvp-cmj2-7wmg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3425

## What is CVE-2016-3425?

CVE-2016-3425 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 21 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77; and JRockit R28.3.9 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3425?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre, Oracle Jrockit.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-3425?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2016-3425 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Jdk

- [CVE-2012-4681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4681/): Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-1723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1723/): Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-4805](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4805/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-4835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4835/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-4843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4843/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3425 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-3425 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 21 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Jdk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3425/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3425/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3425
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3425
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3425

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