CVE-2020-2757

LOW

Oracle JDK and JRE - Partial Denial of Service via Serialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6 and 14; Java SE Embedded: 8u241. 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 3.0 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 (15)

Core 15
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4662
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4337-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00024.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4668
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00000.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-22
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00048.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-15

Scores

CVSS v3 3.7
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 49.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-502 CWE-755
Status published
Products (37)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 30
fedoraproject/fedora 31
fedoraproject/fedora 32
mcafee/epolicy_orchestrator 5.10.0 update_1 (8 CPE variants)
... and 27 more
Published Apr 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026