CVE-2019-2983

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization)

published October 16, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
4%
Percentile
89.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. 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: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. 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).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03732 · 89.8th percentile
Published
2019-10-16T17:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 17:40Z
    Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization)
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