CVE-2014-2401

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JavaFX 2.2.51; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to 2D.

Affected products

IBM Forms Viewer: from 4.0.0 before 4.0.0.3; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.1.1 — fixed in 4.0.0.3, 8.0.1.1
Oracle Javafx: 2.2.51
Oracle Java SE: 1.5.0-update61, 1.6.0-update71, 1.7.0-update51, 1.8.0
Oracle Java SE: 1.5.0-update61, 1.6.0-update71, 1.7.0-update51, 1.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Forms Viewer 4.0.0.3, 8.0.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-12.xml
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66911
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973

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