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CVE-2020-2805

Public on 2020-04-14
Modified on 2020-05-14
Description

A flaw was found in the way the readObject() method of the MethodType class in the Libraries component of OpenJDK checked argument types. This flaw allows an untrusted Java application or applet to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.7.0-openjdk 2020-05-08 20:10 ALAS-2020-1365
Amazon Linux 2 - Core java-1.7.0-openjdk 2020-05-08 20:58 ALAS2-2020-1424
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.8.0-openjdk 2023-08-21 12:14 ALAS-2023-1809
Amazon Linux 2 - Core java-1.8.0-openjdk 2020-05-05 01:18 ALAS2-2020-1421
Amazon Linux 2 - Core java-11-amazon-corretto 2020-04-14 23:16 ALAS2-2020-1410

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H