CVE-2016-0483
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Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00044.html
References (27)
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