CVE-2014-8873: A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which…

PriorityP353critical10CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCCICAC

EPSS

4.54%

90.5th percentile

A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	openjdk-8	< openjdk-8 8u45-b14-1 (sid)	openjdk-8 8u45-b14-1 (sid)
oracle	openjdk	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_debian10.0HIGH

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