Information Exposure Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [,1.7.0_351)[1.8.0,1.8.0_342)[11.0.0,11.0.16)[17.0.0,17.0.4)[18.0.0,18.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-2953459
  • published20 Jul 2022
  • disclosed19 Jul 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-21540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 7.0.351, 8.0.342, 11.0.16, 17.0.4, 18.0.2 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 Information Exposure due to a class compilation issue in the Hotspot component.

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 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 that supplies data to the APIs.

CVSS Base Scores

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