CVE-2015-0460

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-04-14
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

Description

A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot component in OpenJDK handled phantom references. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to corrupt the Java Virtual Machine memory and, possibly, execute arbitrary code, bypassing Java sandbox restrictions.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0808	2015-04-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0807	2015-04-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0808	2015-04-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0806	2015-04-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0809	2015-04-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0808	2015-04-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0806	2015-04-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-0809	2015-04-15