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CVE-2014-3068 json

IBM Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7 R1 before SR1 FP1 (7.1.1.1), 7 before SR7 FP1 (7.0.7.1), 6 R1 before SR8 FP1 (6.1.8.1), 6 before SR16…

published 2014-12-02 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3089

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7 R1 before SR1 FP1 (7.1.1.1), 7 before SR7 FP1 (7.0.7.1), 6 R1 before SR8 FP1 (6.1.8.1), 6 before SR16 FP1 (6.0.16.1), and before 5.0 SR16 FP7 (5.0.16.7) allows attackers to obtain the private key from a Certificate Management System (CMS) keystore via a brute force attack.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.6 1:1.6.0.16.3-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.6 1:1.6.0.16.3-1jpp.1.el6
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el5_10
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el5_10
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el5_10
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0264RHSA-2014:1036RHSA-2014:1033RHSA-2014:1042RHSA-2014:1041

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-2014-3068 updated cvss 2.4

JDK: Java CMS keystore provider potentially allows brute-force private key recovery

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1042
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el5_10, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el5_10, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1036
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1042
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.7.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.16.7-1jpp.1.el6_5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.1-1jpp.1.el6_5, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1036
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.1.1-1jpp.1.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1042
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.3-1jpp.1.el5 Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.3-1jpp.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0264

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Exploit prediction

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.