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CVE-2016-0636

Public on 2016-03-24
Modified on 2016-03-29
Description

An improper type safety check was discovered in the Hotspot component. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java Sandbox restrictions.

Severity
Critical
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.7.0-openjdk 2016-03-29 15:30 ALAS-2016-677
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.8.0-openjdk 2016-03-29 15:30 ALAS-2016-677

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H