CVE-2015-0437

OpenJDK: code generation issue (Hotspot, 8064524)

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 8u25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

Vulnerabilidad no especificada en Oracle Java SE 8u25 permite a atacantes remotos afectar la confidencialidad, la integridad y la disponibilidad a través de vectores desconocidos relacionados con Hotspot.

A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot component in OpenJDK in the way this component generated code for bytecode. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit. Multiple flaws were found in the way the Hotspot component in OpenJDK verified bytecode from the class files, and in the way this component generated code for bytecode. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. Multiple improper permission check issues were discovered in the JAX-WS, Libraries, and RMI components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-12-17 CVE Reserved
2015-01-21 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-04-29 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72146	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031580	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100144	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html	2022-05-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00024.html	2022-05-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0080.html	2022-05-13
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-11	2022-05-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0437	2015-01-22
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183670	2015-01-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Jdk Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Jdk"				1.8.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Jdk" and version "1.8.0"		update25		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Jre Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Jre"				1.8.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Jre" and version "1.8.0"		update25		Affected
Novell Search vendor "Novell"		Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop"				11.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "11.0"		sp3		Affected