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Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2020 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2020-14556

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Java from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.0% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)3.0%top 12.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u251, 11.0.7 and 14.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u251. 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 update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1111.0.8_p10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1111.0.8_p10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1111.0.8_p10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1111.0.8_p10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1111.0.8_p10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.20openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.21openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.22openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.23openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556
Alpine:v3.24openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14556

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation Java Java SE: 8u251, 11.0.7, 14.0.1Java SE Embedded: 8u251

References