CVE-2016-7065
The JMX servlet in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 4 and 5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The JMX servlet in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 4 and 5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 12.47% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 November 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Affected
- redhat/jboss enterprise application platform
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 10.4% on 21 September 2026 to 12.5% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/143
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93462Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382534Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40842/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/143
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93462Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382534Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40842/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.