CVE catalog
CVE-2016-5537
netbeans: CVE-2016-5537
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.04% · Oct 25, 2026
Unspecified vulnerability in the NetBeans component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.1 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information is from the October 2016 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is a directory traversal vulnerability which allows local users with certain permissions to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in a archive entry in a ZIP file imported as a project.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | netbeans | sid | 12.1-3 | fixed |
| Debian | netbeans | forky | 12.1-3 | fixed |
| Debian | netbeans | trixie | 12.1-3 | fixed |
| Debian | netbeans | bookworm | 12.1-3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | netbeans | 16.04 | 8.0.2+dfsg1-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | netbeans | 16.04 | 8.0.2+dfsg1-5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | netbeans | 16.04 | 8.1+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | netbeans | 16.04 | 8.1+dfsg2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | netbeans | 16.04 | 8.1+dfsg2-3 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | netbeans | source | sid | 10.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [852029] |
| Debian | netbeans | source | forky | 10.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [852029] |
| Debian | netbeans | source | trixie | 10.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [852029] |
| Debian | netbeans | source | bookworm | 10.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [852029] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libnb-absolutelayout-java]Fixed
Source package: [netbeans]
Details (2)
12.1-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.0-1dsa · netbeans · debian · bookworm; dsa · netbeans · debian · 12
12.1-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
10.0-1dsa · netbeans · debian · bookworm; dsa · netbeans · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libnb-absolutelayout-java]Fixed
Source package: [netbeans]
Details (2)
12.1-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.0-1dsa · netbeans · debian · 13
12.1-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
10.0-1dsa · netbeans · debian · 13
Observed: