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CVE-2014-0456: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u71, 7u51, and 8, and Java SE Embedded 7u51, allows remote…

CVE-2014-0456 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 7 affected products, including Canonical Ubuntu Linux. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u71, 7u51, and 8, and Java SE Embedded 7u51, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04; 12.04; 12.10; 13.10; 14.04
  • Oracle Jrockit: r27.8.1; r28.3.1
  • Juniper Junos Space: before 15.1
  • Oracle JDK: 1.5.0 update61; 1.6.0 update71; 1.7.0 update51; 1.8.0
  • Oracle JRE: 1.5.0 update61; 1.6.0 update71; 1.7.0 update51; 1.8.0
  • Debian Linux: 6.0; 7.0; 8.0
  • IBM Forms Viewer: from 4.0.0 before 4.0.0.3; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.1.1

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