It was discovered that the UnixUriUtils class in the Libraries component of OpenJDK failed to sanitize strings containing slash characters when converting URIs to file system paths. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions by creating Path objects with invalid paths.

A flaw was found in various components of OpenJDK in the way strings containing NULL characters were used. A specially-crafted input could lead a Java application to truncate strings incorrectly and misbehave, possibly impacting the integrity of the application.