CVE-2014-6517

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u81, 7u67, and 8u20; Java SE Embedded 7u60; and Jrockit R27.8.3 and R28.3.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to JAXP.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.79% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60414	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1657.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61609	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61928	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61163	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2386-1	vendor advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1633.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2388-1	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141775382904016&w=2	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61629	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61018	third party advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1634.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61346	third party advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10092
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1634.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2388-2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00013.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70552	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3080	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60416	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1633.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1636.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html	patch vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1658.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61164	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3077	vendor advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1636
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-12.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61020	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61143	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60417	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61631	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1620.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-6517?: CVE-2014-6517 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-6517?: To fix CVE-2014-6517, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-6517 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-6517 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.