An off-by-one flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was found in the font parsing code in the 2D component in OpenJDK. A specially crafted font file could possibly cause the Java Virtual Machine to execute arbitrary code, allowing an untrusted Java application or applet to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
Find out more about CVE-2015-0469 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1006 | 2015-05-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1021 | 2015-05-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1020 | 2015-05-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0854 | 2015-04-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1020 | 2015-05-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0806 | 2015-04-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0809 | 2015-04-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0808 | 2015-04-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0807 | 2015-04-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1021 | 2015-05-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0857 | 2015-04-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0854 | 2015-04-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1006 | 2015-05-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1007 | 2015-05-13 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0858 | 2015-04-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0808 | 2015-04-15 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1091 | 2015-06-11 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0858 | 2015-04-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0857 | 2015-04-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0806 | 2015-04-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0808 | 2015-04-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0809 | 2015-04-15 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1091 | 2015-06-11 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:1091 | 2015-06-11 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0857 | 2015-04-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0858 | 2015-04-20 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | icu | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | icu | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | icu | Not affected |
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