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CVE-2019-2842

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JCE). The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 8u212. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04
• HP Xp7 Command View: before 8.7.0-00 — fixed in 8.7.0-00
• McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO): 5.9.0, 5.9.1, 5.10.0, 5.10.0-update_1, 5.10.0-update_2, 5.10.0-update_3 (+1)
• openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 15.1
• Oracle Java SE: 1.8.0-update212
• Oracle Java SE: 1.8.0-update212

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HP Xp7 Command View 8.7.0-00. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00044.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10300
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03977en_us
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4080-1/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00044.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10300
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03977en_us
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4080-1/

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