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CVE-2011-2514 json

The Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) implementation in IcedTea6 1.9.x before 1.9.9 and before 1.8.9, and IcedTea-Web 1.1.x before 1.1…

published 2014-05-14 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2499

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) implementation in IcedTea6 1.9.x before 1.9.9 and before 1.8.9, and IcedTea-Web 1.1.x before 1.1.1 and before 1.0.4, allows remote attackers to trick victims into granting access to local files by modifying the content of the Java Web Start Security Warning dialog box to represent a different filename than the file for which access will be granted.

Patch / fix

  • icedtea-web Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2514

  • icedtea-web RHEL 6 1.0.4-2.el6_1
  • icedtea-web-javadoc RHEL 6 1.0.4-2.el6_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1100

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2514 updated cvss 5.1

icedtea-web: Java Web Start security warning dialog manipulation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) icedtea-web 1.0.4-2.el6_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) icedtea-web 1.0.4-2.el6_1, icedtea-web-javadoc 1.0.4-2.el6_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.6.0-openjdk Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-openjdk-src, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo, java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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