UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0483

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0483

    Published: 20 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0483

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0483, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2884-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2885-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0483

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openjdk-6

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu2
    6b27-1.12.7-2ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High