Vulnerability · Published Jul 19, 2022 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2022-21549
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity unsafe deserialization 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). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 17.0.3.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.2 and 22.1.0. Easily exploitable 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 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
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-demo | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-demo-fastdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-demo-slowdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-devel | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-devel-fastdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-devel-slowdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-fastdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-headless | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-headless-fastdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-headless-slowdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-javadoc | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-javadoc-zip | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-jmods | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-slowdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-src | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-src-fastdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-src-slowdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | java-17-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:5736 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk11 | 11.0.16_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk11 | 11.0.16_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk11 | 11.0.16_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk11 | 11.0.16_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk11 | 11.0.16_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk17 | 17.0.4_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk17 | 17.0.4_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk17 | 17.0.4_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk17 | 17.0.4_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk17 | 17.0.4_p8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Debian:12 | openjdk-17 | 17.0.4+8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | java-17-openjdk | 1:17.0.4.0.8-2.el8_6 | RLSA-2022:5726 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | icedtea-web | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | icedtea-web | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | icedtea-web | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | icedtea-web | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | icedtea-web | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-17 | 17.0.4+8-1~22.04 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-17 | 17.0.4+8-1~22.04 | USN-5546-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-18 | 18.0.2+9-2~22.04 | USN-5546-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-18 | 18.0.2+9-2~22.04 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-8 | 8u342-b07-0ubuntu1~22.04 | USN-5546-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-lts | 11.0.16+8-0ubuntu1~22.04 | USN-5546-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openjdk-lts | 11.0.16+8-0ubuntu1~22.04 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21549 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | Java SE JDK and JRE | Oracle Java SE:17.0.3.1Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.3.2Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:22.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- DSA-5192 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-34584d4257 vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0009/
- FEDORA-2022-64431bccec vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202401-25 vendor-advisory