Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2022 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2022-21248

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 10.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 7u321, 8u311, 11.0.13, 17.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.4 and 21.3.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, 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 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0307
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-fastdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-javadoc1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-slowdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5ALSA-2022:0185
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-demo1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-devel1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-fastdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-headless1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-javadoc1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-jmods1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-slowdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-src1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-static-libs1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5ALSA-2022:0161
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1111.0.14_p9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1111.0.14_p9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1111.0.14_p9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1111.0.14_p9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1111.0.14_p9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1717.0.2_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1717.0.2_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1717.0.2_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1717.0.2_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1717.0.2_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.20openjdk88.322.06-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.21openjdk88.322.06-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.22openjdk88.322.06-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.23openjdk88.322.06-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Alpine:v3.24openjdk88.322.06-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21248
Debian:12openjdk-1717.0.2+8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21248
Rocky Linux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.322.b06-2.el8_5RLSA-2022:0307
Rocky Linux:8java-11-openjdk1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5RLSA-2022:0185
Rocky Linux:8java-17-openjdk1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5RLSA-2022:0161
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21248
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21248
Ubuntu:25.10icedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21248
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21248
Ubuntu:26.10icedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21248
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-18no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21248
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-88u342-b07-0ubuntu1~22.04UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21248

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE Oracle Java SE:7u321Oracle Java SE:8u311Oracle Java SE:11.0.13Oracle Java SE:17.0.1Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.4Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.3.0

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