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CVE-2014-6468 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 8u20 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vect…

published 2014-10-15 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-6347

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 8u20 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.8.0-openjdk RHEL 6 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-src RHEL 6 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo RHEL 6 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc RHEL 6 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless RHEL 6 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1636

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-2014-6468 updated cvss 6.2

OpenJDK: insufficient SharedArchiveFile checks (Hotspot, 8044269)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) java-1.8.0-openjdk-src 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6, java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1636
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.6.0-sun, java-1.7.0-oracle, java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-demo, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.6.0-sun, java-1.7.0-oracle, java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-demo, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.6.0-sun, java-1.7.0-oracle, java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-sun-demo, +16 more
    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

2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

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

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.