CVE-2015-4916

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 8u60 and JavaFX 2.2.85 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4906 and CVE-2015-4908.

Published: 2015-10-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-4916 is rated Moderate Risk (54.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.67%). EPSS rose +3.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-4916

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.37% 3.67% +3.29%
2 2026-05-13 0.34% 0.37% +0.03%
3 2026-01-26 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-4916

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-4916

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-4916

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-4916 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openjfx), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4916
gentoo normal CVE-2015-4916: 1 GLSA(s) (201603-11), 2 atom(s) (dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-4916
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4916
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-4916 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openjfx), 25 status rows across 25 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 5, DNE 2, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4916

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-4916

Comment: Per <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html">LINK</a>: Applies to client deployment of Java only. This vulnerability can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-4916

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update60:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update_60:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2.85 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-4916

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