# CVE-2016-3508: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Java SE via unspecified JAXP vectors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2016
- **Updated:** 11 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f72q-r83v-rvpx, MINI-g2q8-f8r9-p28r, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3508

## What is CVE-2016-3508?

CVE-2016-3508 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 21 Jul 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92; Java SE Embedded 8u91; and JRockit R28.3.10 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3500.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3508?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre, Oracle Jrockit, Oracle Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-3508?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2016-3508 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3508 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-2016-3508 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-3508 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 21 Jul 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3508 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-2016-3508/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3508/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3508
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3508
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3508

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