4.3

CVE-2020-2583: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-2583DEBIAN-CVE-2020-2583CGA-39hx-r42x-rhg6
Published 15-01-2020Last modified 30-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-2583 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.4% 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
4.02%
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 35 · Related 22

Timeline

  1. 15-01-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u241, 8u231, 11.0.5 and 13.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u231. 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

9 scores · 6 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 4.04% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.02%

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

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
Netapp10 products
Redhat7 products
Ubuntu4 products
  • icedtea-webAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-8< 8u242-b08-0ubuntu3~16.04 | < 8u242-b08-0ubuntu3~18.04
  • openjdk-9All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-lts< 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 | < 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
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)
Oracle3 products
  • jdkEOL1.7.0:update241 | 1.8.0:update231 | 11.0.5 | 13.0.1
  • jreEOL1.7.0:update_241 | 1.8.0:update_231 | 11.0.5 | 13.0.1
  • openjdkEOL7 | 7:update241 | 7:update80 | 7:update85 | 8 | 8:update102 | 8:update112 | 8:update152 | 8:update162 | 8:update172 | 8:update192 | 8:update20 | 8:update202 | 8:update212 | 8:update222 | 8:update232 | 8:update40 | 8:update60 | 8:update66 | 8:update72 | 8:update92 | 11 | 11.0.1 | 11.0.2 | 11.0.3 | 11.0.4 | 11.0.5 | 13 | 13.0.1
Debian2 products
Canonical1 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
Opensuse1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
  • javaJava SE: 7u241, 8u231, 11.0.5, 13.0.1 | Java SE Embedded: 8u231

11 vendors · 54 products

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