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CVE-2020-14797

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u271, 8u261, 11.0.8 and 15; Java SE Embedded: 8u261. Difficult to exploit 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: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• NetApp 7-Mode Transition Tool: all versions
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: from 7.3; from 9.5
• E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x: from 11.0.0 through 11.60.1
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Storage Manager: all versions
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Web Services Proxy: all versions
• NetApp Hci Management Node: all versions
• NetApp Hci Storage Node: all versions
• OnCommand Insight: all versions
• NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package): all versions
• NetApp Santricity Cloud Connector: all versions
• NetApp Santricity Unified Manager: all versions
• SnapManager for Oracle: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire: all versions
• openSUSE Leap: 15.2
• Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update271, 1.8.0-update261, 11.0.8, 15
• Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update271, 1.8.0-update261, 11.0.8, 15
• containers/openjdk: 7, 7-update1, 7-update10, 7-update101, 7-update11, 7-update111 (+78)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00041.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00031.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-19
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201023-0004/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4779
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00041.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00031.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-19
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201023-0004/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4779
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

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