Vulnerability · Published Jul 19, 2022 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2022-21541

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-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 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 13.0% 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: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 7u343, 8u333, 11.0.15.1, 17.0.3.1, 18.0.1.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.6, 21.3.2 and 22.1.0. 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all 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 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-src1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6ALSA-2022:5696
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:1.8.0.342.b07-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5709
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-demo1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-devel1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-headless1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-javadoc1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-javadoc1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-jmods1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-src1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-static-libs1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6ALSA-2022:5683
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el9_0ALSA-2022:5695
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-demo1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-devel1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-fastdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-headless1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-javadoc1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-jmods1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-slowdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-src1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-static-libs1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0ALSA-2022:5736
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1111.0.16_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1111.0.16_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1111.0.16_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1111.0.16_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1111.0.16_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1717.0.4_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1717.0.4_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1717.0.4_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1717.0.4_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1717.0.4_p8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.20openjdk88.345.01-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.21openjdk88.345.01-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.22openjdk88.345.01-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.23openjdk88.345.01-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Alpine:v3.24openjdk88.345.01-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21541
Debian:12openjdk-1717.0.4+8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21541
Rocky Linux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.342.b07-2.el8_6RLSA-2022:5696
Rocky Linux:8java-11-openjdk1:11.0.16.0.8-1.el8_6RLSA-2022:5683
Rocky Linux:8java-17-openjdk1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el8_6RLSA-2022:5726
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:25.10icedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSicedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:26.10icedtea-webno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-1717.0.4+8-1~22.04USN-5546-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-1717.0.4+8-1~22.04UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-1818.0.2+9-2~22.04USN-5546-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-1818.0.2+9-2~22.04UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-88u342-b07-0ubuntu1~22.04UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-88u342-b07-0ubuntu1~22.04USN-5546-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-lts11.0.16+8-0ubuntu1~22.04USN-5546-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-lts11.0.16+8-0ubuntu1~22.04UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21541

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE Oracle Java SE:7u343Oracle Java SE:8u333Oracle Java SE:11.0.15.1Oracle Java SE:17.0.3.1Oracle Java SE:18.0.1.1Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.6Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.3.2Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:22.1.0

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