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CVE-2020-14621

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2020-07-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: JAXP). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u261, 8u251, 11.0.7 and 14.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u251. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 31, 32
• 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 (+5)
• NetApp 7-Mode Transition Tool: all versions
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
• NetApp Cloud Secure Agent: all versions
• NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer: all versions
• E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x: from 11.0.0 through 11.70.2
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Storage Manager: all versions
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Web Services: all versions
• OnCommand Insight: all versions
• NetApp Oncommand Unified Manager Core Package: all versions
• NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation: all versions
• NetApp Plug-In For Symantec Netbackup: all versions
• NetApp Santricity Unified Manager: all versions
• SnapManager for Oracle: all versions
• NetApp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage: all versions
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1, 15.2
• Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update261, 1.8.0-update251, 11.0.7, 14.0.1
• Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update261, 1.8.0-update251, 11.0.7, 14.0.1
• containers/openjdk: 7, 7-update1, 7-update10, 7-update101, 7-update11, 7-update111 (+74)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00019.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00027.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00041.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf96c5afb26b596b4b97883aa90b6c0b0fc4c26aaeea7123c21912103%40%3Cj-users.xerces.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00021.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFJPOYF3CWYEPCDOAOCNFJTQIKKWPHW/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFZ36XIW5ENQAW6BB7WHRFFTTJX7KGMR/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MEPHBZPNSLX43B26DWKB7OS6AROTS2BO/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QQUMIAON2YEFRONMIUVHAKYCIOLICDBA/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-24
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-15

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