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REDHAT-BUG-1273414

REDHAT-BUG-1273414: Medium severity openjdk 8 vulnerability

Published Oct 20, 2015

Updated

A flaw was found in the way the IIOPInputStream class in the CORBA component of OpenJDK performed deserialization of String objects. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to crash the Java Virtual Machine.

Affected Software

1 affected component

ORACLE OpenJDK

Event History

Oct 20, 2015

Data Sourced

via Red Hat·12:08 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

Who could trigger this flaw?

An untrusted Java application or applet could trigger it. The issue is in OpenJDK's CORBA IIOPInputStream handling of deserialized String objects.

What is the likely impact of successful exploitation?

Successful exploitation could crash the Java Virtual Machine, resulting in a denial of service.

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