4.3

CVE-2019-2978: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-2978DEBIAN-CVE-2019-2978CGA-2xjm-hcwq-mmxg
Published 16-10-2019Last modified 01-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-2978 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.27%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 23
DLA-2023-1DSA-4546-1DSA-4548-1MGASA-2019-0302OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2557-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2565-1

Timeline

  1. 16-10-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. 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: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), 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 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 3.28% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Chainguard20 products
  • openjdk-10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-11-demosAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-11-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
  • openjdk-12-jre-base< 12.0.2.10-r10
  • openjdk-17-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
Redhat8 products
Netapp7 products
Wolfi4 products
  • openjdk-10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-11-demosAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-12-jre-base< 12.0.2.10-r10
  • openjdk-9-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu3 products
  • openjdk-13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-8< 8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 | < 8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
  • openjdk-lts< 11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1~18.04
Debian2 products
Oracle2 products
  • jdkEOL1.7.0:update231 | 1.8.0:update221 | 11.0.4 | 13.0.0
  • jreEOL1.7.0:update231 | 1.8.0:update221 | 11.0.4 | 13.0.0
Canonical1 product
Opensuse1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
  • javaJava SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4, 13 | Java SE Embedded: 8u221

10 vendors · 49 products

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