CVE-2020-2583

LOW

Oracle Jdk < 11.60.3 - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u241, 8u231, 11.0.5 and 13.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u231. 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: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) 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 which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

References (26)

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Scores

CVSS v3 3.7
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 66.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-755
Status published

Affected Products (50)

oracle/jdk
oracle/jdk
oracle/jdk
oracle/jdk
oracle/jre
oracle/jre
oracle/jre
oracle/jre
redhat/enterprise_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Jan 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026