Oracle Java SE 8u251/11.0.7/14.0.1 2D information disclosure

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Oracle Java SE 8u251/11.0.7/14.0.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component 2D. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-14581. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Java SE 8u251/11.0.7/14.0.1 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component 2D. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: 2D). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u251, 11.0.7 and 14.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u251. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

The weakness was presented 07/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-14581. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235913 (Amazon Linux 2 : java-1.8.0-amazon-corretto (ALASCORRETTO8-2025-019)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235913). See VDB-158073, VDB-158074, VDB-158075 and VDB-158076 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Programming Language Software

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• Oracle

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• Java SE

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• 8u251
• 11.0.7
• 14.0.1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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