4.3

CVE-2020-14578: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14578DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14578CGA-2m2j-6jq8-2793
Published 15-07-2020Last modified 27-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-14578 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% 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
4.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.23 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 25 · Related 18
DLA-2325-1DSA-4734-1MGASA-2020-0309OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1893-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2048-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2083-1

Timeline

  1. 15-07-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u261 and 8u251; 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 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).

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.23 pp

From 4.04% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.28%

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

Chainguard16 products
  • openjdk-11-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
  • openjdk-17-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
  • openjdk-21-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
  • openjdk-25-openj9< 0.59.0-r1
  • openjdk-25-openj9-dbg< 0.59.0-r1
Netapp13 products
Oracle3 products
  • jdk1.7.0:update261 | 1.8.0:update251
  • jre1.7.0:update261 | 1.8.0:update251
  • openjdk7 | 7:update1 | 7:update10 | 7:update101 | 7:update11 | 7:update111 | 7:update121 | 7:update13 | 7:update131 | 7:update141 | 7:update15 | 7:update151 | 7:update161 | 7:update17 | 7:update171 | 7:update181 | 7:update191 | 7:update2 | 7:update201 | 7:update21 | 7:update211 | 7:update221 | 7:update231 | 7:update241 | 7:update25 | 7:update251 | 7:update261 | 8 | 8:milestone1 | 8:milestone2 | 8:milestone3 | 8:milestone4 | 8:milestone5 | 8:milestone6 | 8:milestone7 | 8:milestone8 | 8:milestone9 | 8:update101 | 8:update102 | 8:update11 | 8:update111 | 8:update112 | 8:update121 | 8:update131 | 8:update141 | 8:update151 | 8:update152 | 8:update161 | 8:update162 | 8:update171 | 8:update172 | 8:update181 | 8:update191 | 8:update192 | 8:update20 | 8:update201 | 8:update202 | 8:update211 | 8:update212 | 8:update221 | 8:update222 | 8:update231 | 8:update232 | 8:update241 | 8:update242 | 8:update25 | 8:update252
Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Mcafee1 product
  • epolicy_orchestrator5.9.0 | 5.9.1 | 5.10.0 | 5.10.0:update_1 | 5.10.0:update_2 | 5.10.0:update_3 | 5.10.0:update_4 | 5.10.0:update_5 | 5.10.0:update_6 | 5.10.0:update_7 | 5.10.0:update_8
Opensuse1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
  • javaJava SE: 7u261, 8u251 | Java SE Embedded: 8u251
Ubuntu1 product
  • openjdk-8< 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~16.04 | < 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~18.04 | < 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~20.04

10 vendors · 40 products

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