CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8873
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-11-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file.
Affected configurations
• oracle openjdk 1.7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3235 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3316 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76019 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3235 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3316 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76019 www.securityfocus.com