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CVE-2020-2604: canonical ubuntu_linux Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS: 8.1v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-2604DEBIAN-CVE-2020-2604CGA-38mh-jpph-8pp3
Published 15-01-2020Last modified 30-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-2604 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
4.88%
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
DLA-2128-1DSA-4605-1DSA-4621-1MGASA-2020-0069OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0113-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0147-1

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 takeover 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 v3.0 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS metrics

9 scores · 6 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 4.90% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.88%

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
Oracle6 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-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
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 · 56 products

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