CVE-2016-5568

Publication date 25 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u121, 7u111, and 8u102 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to AWT.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openjdk-6	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
openjdk-7	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
openjdk-8	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

affects openjdk on windows only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.6 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H