Integer Overflow Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [1.7.0,1.7.0_281)[1.8.0,1.8.0_271)[11.0.0,11.0.9)[15.0.0,15.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.23% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-1020120
  • published21 Oct 2020
  • disclosed20 Oct 2020
  • creditZhiqiang Zang of University of Texas at Austin

Introduced: 20 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-14792  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 7.0.281, 8.0.271, 11.0.9, 15.0.1 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow. It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK did not properly check for integer overflows when when optimizing code, leading to out-of-bounds access. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.

CVSS Base Scores

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