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CVE-2020-2754

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Scripting). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u241, 11.0.6 and 14; Java SE Embedded: 8u241. 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 ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. 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 3.0 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, 18.04, 19.10
• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 30, 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)
• 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
• SnapManager for Oracle: all versions
• NetApp StorageGRID: from 9.0.0 through 9.0.4
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1, 15.2
• Oracle Java SE: 1.8.0-update241, 11.0.6, 14.0.0
• Oracle Java SE: 1.8.0-update241, 11.0.6, 14.0.0
• containers/openjdk: from 11 through 11.0.6; from 13 through 13.0.2; 7, 7-update1, 7-update10, 7-update101, 7-update11, 7-update111 (+84)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00023.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00048.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CKAV6KFFAEANXAN73AFTGU7Z6YNRWCXQ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L7VHC4EW36KZEIDQ56RPCWBZCQELFFKN/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYHHHZRHXCBGRHGE5UP7UEB4IZ2QX536/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4337-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4662
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4668
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

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