4.3

CVE-2020-2659: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-2659CGA-2qgf-hhm5-3vhjCGA-2wxw-2p88-pcqj
Published 15-01-2020Last modified 30-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-2659 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% 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
4.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 16
DLA-2128-1DSA-4621-1MGASA-2020-0069OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0147-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10876-1RHSA-2020:0157

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: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u241 and 8u231; 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

7 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.20% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.20%

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
Netapp10 products
Redhat7 products
Oracle3 products
  • jdk1.7.0:update241 | 1.8.0:update231
  • jre1.8.0:update231
  • openjdk7 | 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
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
Opensuse1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
  • javaJava SE: 7u241, 8u231 | Java SE Embedded: 8u231
Ubuntu1 product
  • openjdk-8< 8u242-b08-0ubuntu3~16.04 | < 8u242-b08-0ubuntu3~18.04

9 vendors · 41 products

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