A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot component in OpenJDK in the way this component generated code for bytecode. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
Find out more about CVE-2015-0437 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0080 | 2015-01-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0069 | 2015-01-21 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.8.0-oracle | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.6.0-sun | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-sun | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-sun | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Not affected |
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