CVE-2015-1931

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-09-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-312

Description

IBM Java Security Components in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 8 before SR1 FP10, 7 R1 before SR3 FP10, 7 before SR9 FP10, 6 R1 before SR8 FP7, 6 before SR16 FP7, and 5.0 before SR16 FP13 stores plaintext information in memory dumps, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a file.

Affected products

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition: from 5.0.0.0 before 5.0.16.13; from 6.0.0.0 before 6.0.16.7; from 6.1.0.0 before 6.1.8.7; from 7.0.0.0 before 7.0.9.10; from 7.1.0.0 before 7.1.3.10; from 8.0.0.0 before 8.0.1.10 — fixed in 5.0.16.13, 6.0.16.7, 6.1.8.7, 7.0.9.10, 7.1.3.10, 8.0.1.10
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
Red Hat Satellite 6: 5.6, 5.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp1, 11-sp2, 11-sp3, 11-sp4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp3, 11-sp4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0.16.13, 6.0.16.7, 6.1.8.7, 7.0.9.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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