CVE-2015-0460
Public on 2015-04-16
Modified on 2015-05-05
Description
A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot component in OpenJDK handled phantom references. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to corrupt the Java Virtual Machine memory and, possibly, execute arbitrary code, bypassing Java sandbox restrictions.
Severity
Critical
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | 2015-04-23 | ALAS-2015-515 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2015-04-23 | ALAS-2015-516 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2015-05-05 | ALAS-2015-517 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |