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Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6 and 14; Java SE Embedded: 8u241. 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 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 15, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.207%
(58th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-2757

GHSA ID

GHSA-8wwq-46j2-7394

Source code

No known source code

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