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CVE-2014-8891

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to the security manager.

Affected products

• IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition: from 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.16.8; from 6.0.0.0 before 6.0.16.3; from 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.8.2; from 7.0.0.0 before 7.0.8.10; from 7.1.0.0 before 7.1.2.10 — fixed in 6.0.16.3, 7.0.8.10, 7.1.2.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0.16.3, 7.0.8.10, 7.1.2.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00026.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00027.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00033.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00036.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00013.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0136.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0264.html
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/#IBM_Security_Update_February_2015
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189142

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