CVE-2024-21217

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-10-15

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u421, 8u421-perf, 11.0.24, 17.0.12, 21.0.4, 23; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.12, 21.0.4, 23; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.15 and 21.3.11. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. 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).

See more information about CVE-2024-21217 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	3.7
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality:	None
Integrity:	None
Availability:	Low

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8116	2024-11-28
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-11-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8120	2024-11-28
Oracle Linux version 8 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8117	2024-10-18
Oracle Linux version 8 (java-11-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8121	2024-10-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (java-17-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8124	2024-10-18
Oracle Linux version 8 (java-21-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8127	2024-10-18
Oracle Linux version 9 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8117	2024-10-18
Oracle Linux version 9 (java-11-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8121	2024-10-17
Oracle Linux version 9 (java-17-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8124	2024-10-18
Oracle Linux version 9 (java-21-openjdk)	ELSA-2024-8127	2024-10-18