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)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.12% (46th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-1020120
- published 21 Oct 2020
- disclosed 20 Oct 2020
- credit Zhiqiang Zang of University of Texas at Austin
Introduced: 20 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-14792 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.