Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: JAXP). Supported versions that are affected are Java…

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: JAXP). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.

Weakness

• Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded.

Affected products

• Oracle Corporation · Java

  • affected Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4, 13
  • affected Java SE Embedded: 8u221

References (22)

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-4546 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20191021 [SECURITY] [DSA 4548-1] openjdk-8 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20191021 [SECURITY] [DSA 4546-1] openjdk-11 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-4548 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3158 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2019:2557 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2019:2565 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:4110 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:4109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20191207 [SECURITY] [DLA 2023-1] openjdk-7 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:4113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:4115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2019:2687 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-4223-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 1 Oct 2024, 16:27 UTC.