CVE-2014-6468
Public on 2014-10-15
Modified on 2014-10-16
Description
It was discovered that the Hotspot component in OpenJDK failed to properly handle malformed Shared Archive files. A local attacker able to modify a Shared Archive file used by a virtual machine of a different user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2014-10-16 | ALAS-2014-432 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |