Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2023 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2023-21939

Medium 5.3

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 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Swing). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5 and 22.3.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP 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 5.3 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-src1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1908
AlmaLinux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1909
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-demo1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-devel1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-headless1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-javadoc1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-javadoc1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-jmods1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-src1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-static-libs1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1895
AlmaLinux:9java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1880
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-demo1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-demo1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-devel1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-devel1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-headless1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-headless1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-javadoc1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-javadoc1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-jmods1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-jmods1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-src1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-src1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-static-libs1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-static-libs1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
AlmaLinux:8java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7ALSA-2023:1898
AlmaLinux:9java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1ALSA-2023:1879
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1111.0.19_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1111.0.19_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1111.0.19_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1111.0.19_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1111.0.19_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.20openjdk1717.0.7_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.21openjdk1717.0.7_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.22openjdk1717.0.7_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.23openjdk1717.0.7_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.24openjdk1717.0.7_p7-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.20openjdk88.372.07-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.21openjdk88.372.07-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.22openjdk88.372.07-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.23openjdk88.372.07-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Alpine:v3.24openjdk88.372.07-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-21939
Debian:12openjdk-1717.0.7+7-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-21939
Debian:12openjdk-1717.0.7+7-1~deb12u1DSA-5430-1
Rocky Linux:9java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.372.b07-1.el9_1RLSA-2023:1909
Rocky Linux:8java-11-openjdk1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el8_7RLSA-2023:1895
Rocky Linux:9java-11-openjdk1:11.0.19.0.7-1.el9_1RLSA-2023:1880
Rocky Linux:8java-17-openjdk1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el8_7RLSA-2023:1898
Rocky Linux:9java-17-openjdk1:17.0.7.0.7-1.el9_1RLSA-2023:1879
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-1717.0.7+7~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21939
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-1717.0.7+7~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2USN-6077-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-18no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-21939
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-88u372-ga~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04USN-6077-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-88u372-ga~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21939
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-lts11.0.19+7~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.1USN-6077-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSopenjdk-lts11.0.19+7~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21939

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE Oracle Java SE:8u361Oracle Java SE:8u361-perfOracle Java SE:11.0.18Oracle Java SE:17.0.6Oracle Java SE:20Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.9Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.3.5Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:22.3.1

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