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Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2020 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2020-14779

Low 3.7

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in Java SE JDK and JRE 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 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.7Low
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 10.1% 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: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u271, 8u261, 11.0.8 and 15; Java SE Embedded: 8u261. 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: 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 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1111.0.9_p11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1111.0.9_p11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1111.0.9_p11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1111.0.9_p11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1111.0.9_p11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.20openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.21openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.22openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.23openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Alpine:v3.24openjdk88.272.10-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14779
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14779
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14779
Ubuntu:25.10icedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14779
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14779
Ubuntu:26.10icedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14779

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE Java SE: 7u2718u26111.0.815; Java SE Embedded: 8u261

References