CVE-2014-8873
N/A
Published: November 9, 2015 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenjdk
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3235Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3316Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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