oracle java CVE-2022-21540 vulnerability in Oracle and Other Products
Published on July 19, 2022

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Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 7u343, 8u333, 11.0.15.1, 17.0.3.1, 18.0.1.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.6, 21.3.2 and 22.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-21540 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2022-21540 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-21540

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Oracle Java
 
Oracle Jdk
 
Oracle GraalVM
 
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
 
Fedora Project Fedora
 
Debian Linux
 
NetApp Oncommand Insight
 
NetApp Solidfire
 
NetApp Hci Management Node
 
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager
 
NetApp Hci Compute Node
 
NetApp 7 Mode Transition Tool
 
NetApp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
 
NetApp Cloud Secure Agent
 
Azul Zulu
 
Oracle
 

Affected Versions

Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.44%
Percentile
63.40%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.