Oracle Java SE 7u45 on Mac OS X Hotspot memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Oracle Java SE 7u45 on Mac OS X. This affects an unknown part of the component Hotspot. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0408. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Oracle Java SE 7u45 on Mac OS X (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Hotspot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u45, when running on OS X, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

The issue has been introduced in 10/15/2013. The weakness was disclosed 01/14/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0408 since 12/12/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/06/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 91 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72139 (GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121712 (Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update - January 2014).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72139), SecurityFocus (BID 64758†), OSVDB (101999†), Secunia (SA56485†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42915†). The entries VDB-5549, VDB-5550, VDB-6095 and VDB-7753 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72139
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 841692
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for openjdk-7 USN-2089-1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0408 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0408
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11882

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SecurityFocus: 64758 - RETIRED: Oracle January 2014 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 56485
OSVDB: 101999
SecurityTracker: 1029608
Vulnerability Center: 42915 - [cpujan2014-1972949] Oracle Java SE on OS X Client Deployment Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Related to Hotspot (CVE-2014-0408), Critical

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Created: 01/15/2014 10:55
Updated: 06/06/2021 20:35
Changes: 01/15/2014 10:55 (50), 04/07/2017 17:11 (29), 06/06/2021 20:20 (1), 06/06/2021 20:27 (7), 06/06/2021 20:35 (1)
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