Advisory Details

January 25th, 2016

Oracle Java readImage Heap Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-0483
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Java Runtime
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Java. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of image data. The issue lies in insufficient validation of supplied image data inside the native function readImage. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-10-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-01-25 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Anonymous

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