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CVE-2020-14779

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u271, 8u261, 11.0.8 and 15; Java SE Embedded: 8u261. 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 ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. 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 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a LOW severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 3.7, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and limited availability for affected systems. Impacting 19 products from oracle, from oracle, from oracle and 16 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-10-21T15:15:18.217

Last Modified

2025-05-27T16:42:14.747

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 3.7 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.1	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.2	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.3	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.4	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.5	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.6	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.7	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	11.0.8	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	13	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	13.0.1	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	13.0.2	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	13.0.3	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	13.0.4	Yes
Application	oracle	openjdk	15	Yes
Application	oracle	jdk	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jdk	1.8.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jdk	11.0.8	Yes
Application	oracle	jdk	15	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.7.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	1.8.0	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	11.0.8	Yes
Application	oracle	jre	15	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	31	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	32	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	33	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.2	Yes
Application	netapp	7-mode_transition_tool	-	Yes
Application	netapp	active_iq_unified_manager	≥ 7.3	Yes
Application	netapp	active_iq_unified_manager	≥ 9.5	Yes
Application	netapp	e-series_santricity_os_controller	≤ 11.60.3	Yes
Application	netapp	e-series_santricity_storage_manager	-	Yes
Application	netapp	e-series_santricity_web_services	-	Yes
Application	netapp	hci_management_node	-	Yes
Application	netapp	oncommand_insight	-	Yes
Application	netapp	oncommand_unified_manager_core_package	-	Yes
Application	netapp	santricity_cloud_connector	-	Yes
Application	netapp	santricity_unified_manager	-	Yes
Application	netapp	snapmanager	-	Yes
Application	netapp	snapmanager	-	Yes
Application	netapp	solidfire	-	Yes
Hardware	netapp	hci_storage_node	-	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00041.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6CJCO52DHIQJHLPF6HMTC5Z2VKFRQMY/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMJMTXFJRONFT72YAEQNRFKYZZU4W3HD/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XKRGVMZT3EUUWKUA6DBT56FT3UOKPHQ2/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVPLGNHNJ4UJ6IO6R2XXEKCTCI2DRPDQ/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YCKZAI4AWSKO5O5VDXHFFKNLOZGZ3KEE/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7XEONOP6JB7SD7AMUWZTLZF2L4QD546/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-19 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201023-0004/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4779 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00041.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6CJCO52DHIQJHLPF6HMTC5Z2VKFRQMY/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMJMTXFJRONFT72YAEQNRFKYZZU4W3HD/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XKRGVMZT3EUUWKUA6DBT56FT3UOKPHQ2/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVPLGNHNJ4UJ6IO6R2XXEKCTCI2DRPDQ/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YCKZAI4AWSKO5O5VDXHFFKNLOZGZ3KEE/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7XEONOP6JB7SD7AMUWZTLZF2L4QD546/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-19 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201023-0004/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4779 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For oracle's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.