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

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u241, 8u231, 11.0.5 and 13.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u231. 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 takeover 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

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

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.

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 takeover of Java SE, Java SE Embedded.
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Affected products

• Oracle Corporation · Java

  • affected Java SE: 7u241, 8u231, 11.0.5, 13.0.1
  • affected Java SE Embedded: 8u231

References (24)

• RHSA-2020:0128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2020:0113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2020:0147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0231 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0202 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-4257-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0467 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0469 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0468 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-4621 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20200216 [SECURITY] [DSA 4621-1] openjdk-8 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0541 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0632 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20200229 [SECURITY] [DLA 2128-1] openjdk-7 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• GLSA-202101-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10315 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 30 Sept 2024, 14:51 UTC.