CVE-2016-5597 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5597?

CVE-2016-5597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 25 Oct 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 6u121, 7u111, 8u102; and Java SE Embedded 8u101 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to Networking.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5597?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5597?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5597 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5597 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Jdk

• CVE-2012-4681 Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1723 Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-4805 Deserialization in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-4835 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-4843 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Oracle Jdk vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6q5r-8qc5-j49x, MINI-6mgj-jv24-xqjr, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5597.