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Fencer Vulns
low 3.7

CVE-2020-14579 json

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries).

published 2020-07-15 6 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-java-2020-14579 , BIT-java-min-2020-14579 , BIT-jre-2020-14579 , EUVD-2020-6715

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u261 and 8u251; Java SE Embedded: 8u251. 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 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Patch / fix

  • bitnami java 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • bitnami java-min 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • bitnami jre 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • oracle java_se 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • oracle jdk 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • oracle jre 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • sun java 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • sun java_se 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • sun jdk 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • sun jre 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • oracle openjdk 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • sun openjdk 1.7.0_271, 1.8.0_261, 7.0.271, 8.0.261
  • openjdk-11 Debian 11 11.0.8+10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14579

  • openjdk-8 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~16.04
  • openjdk-8 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~18.04
  • openjdk-8 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~20.04

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14579

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  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:5585RHSA-2020:3386RHSA-2020:2985RHSA-2020:3387RHSA-2020:2972RHSA-2020:3388

  • java-1_8_0-openjdk SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP2 +1 more 1.8.0.272-3.42.1
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +14 more 1.8.0.272-27.48.1
  • java-1_7_0-openjdk SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +14 more 1.7.0.271-43.41.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +15 more 1.7.1_sr4.70-38.56.1
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +14 more 1.8.0_sr6.15-30.72.1
  • java-1_7_0-ibm SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.7.0_sr10.70-65.54.1
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP2 +1 more 1.8.0_sr6.15-3.41.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.7.1_sr4.70-26.58.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3460-1SUSE-SU-2020:3191-1SUSE-SU-2020:2861-1SUSE-SU-2020:2482-1SUSE-SU-2020:14484-1SUSE-SU-2020:2461-1

  • java-1_8_0-openj9 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.0.292-3.2
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.0.302-2.2
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.8.0.272-lp152.2.3.1
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.8.0.272-lp151.2.15.1
  • java-1_8_0-openj9 openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.8.0.272-lp152.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10875-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10876-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2083-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2048-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1893-1

  • openjdk7 Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11, Alpine 3.10 7.281.2.6.24-r0
  • openjdk7 Alpine 3.18, Alpine 3.17, Alpine 3.16 +3 more 7.261.2.6.23-r0
  • openjdk8 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 8.272.10-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-14579

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-14579 updated cvss 3.7

OpenJDK: Unexpected exception raised by DerValue.equals() (Libraries, 8237736)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.8.0-ibm, java-1.8.0-ibm-src, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2, java-1.8.0-ibm-headless 1.8.0.6.15-1.el8_2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_2, java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_2, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_2, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_2, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_2, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2972
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_0, java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_0, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_0, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_0, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_0, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_0, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_1, java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_1, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_1, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_1, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_1, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el8_1, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2968
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3388
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2968
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3388
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2985
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3387
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2985
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3387
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2985
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2968
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2985
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2968
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3387
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3388
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2985
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2968
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2985
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-zip 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8, java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility 1.8.0.262.b10-0.el7_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2968
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3387
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.6.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.70-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3388
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-11-openjdk, java-11-openjdk-src, java-11-openjdk-demo, java-11-openjdk-jmods, java-11-openjdk-javadoc, java-11-openjdk-headless, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 java-11-openjdk, java-11-openjdk-src, java-11-openjdk-demo, java-11-openjdk-jmods, java-11-openjdk-javadoc, java-11-openjdk-headless, +16 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

4.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami java
<1.7.0
>=1.8.0, <1.8.0
>=7.0.0, <7.0.271
>=8.0.0, <8.0.261
1.7.0
1.8.0
7.0.271
8.0.261
bitnami java-min
<1.7.0
>=1.8.0, <1.8.0
>=7.0.0, <7.0.271
>=8.0.0, <8.0.261
1.7.0
1.8.0
7.0.271
8.0.261
bitnami jre
<1.7.0
>=1.8.0, <1.8.0
>=7.0.0, <7.0.271
>=8.0.0, <8.0.261
1.7.0
1.8.0
7.0.271
8.0.261

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation Java

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Updated Java versions.