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CVE-2014-8873

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-11-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file.

Affected products

• containers/openjdk: 1.7.0

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3235
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3316
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76019
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3235
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3316
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76019

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