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high 8.2

CVE-2019-10185 json

It was found that icedtea-web up to and including 1.7.2 and 1.8.2 was vulnerable to a zip-slip attack during auto-extraction of a JAR file.

published 2019-07-31 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-2212

cvss
8.2
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that icedtea-web up to and including 1.7.2 and 1.8.2 was vulnerable to a zip-slip attack during auto-extraction of a JAR file. An attacker could use this flaw to write files to arbitrary locations. This could also be used to replace the main running application and, possibly, break out of the sandbox.

Patch / fix

  • icedtea-web Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10185

  • icedtea-web RHEL 7 1.7.1-2.el7_6
  • icedtea-web-javadoc RHEL 7 1.7.1-2.el7_6
  • icedtea-web RHEL 8 1.7.1-17.el8_0
  • icedtea-web-javadoc RHEL 8 1.7.1-17.el8_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2003RHSA-2019:2004

  • icedtea-web SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 +1 more 1.7.2-150100.7.3.1
  • icedtea-web SLE Workstation Extension 15 1.7.2-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1259-1SUSE-SU-2019:2033-1

  • icedtea-web openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.6-1.3
  • icedtea-web openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.7.2-lp150.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10855-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1911-1

  • icedtea-web Arch Linux 1.8.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1017

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-2019-10185 updated cvss 8.2

icedtea-web: directory traversal in the nested jar auto-extraction leading to arbitrary file overwrite

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 icedtea-web, icedtea-web-javadoc
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “No known mitigation.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) icedtea-web 1.7.1-17.el8_0, icedtea-web-javadoc 1.7.1-17.el8_0
    fixed: vendor fix “No known mitigation.” RHSA-2019:2004
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) icedtea-web 1.7.1-2.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) icedtea-web-javadoc 1.7.1-2.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) icedtea-web 1.7.1-2.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) icedtea-web-javadoc 1.7.1-2.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) icedtea-web 1.7.1-2.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) icedtea-web-javadoc 1.7.1-2.el7_6
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) icedtea-web 1.7.1-2.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) icedtea-web-javadoc 1.7.1-2.el7_6
    fixed: vendor fix “No known mitigation.” RHSA-2019:2003

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Exploit prediction

4.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • IcedTea icedtea-web

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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