CVE-2021-2161

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u291, 8u281, 11.0.10, 16; Java SE Embedded: 8u281; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 19.3.5, 20.3.1.2 and 21.0.0.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. It can also be exploited by supplying untrusted data to APIs in the specified Component. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

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• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0001/Third Party Advisory
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• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.azul.com/core/zulu-openjdk/release-notes/april-2021.html#fixed-common-vulnerabilities-and-exposuresThird Party Advisory
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5ACX4JEVYH6H4PSMGMYWTGABPOFPH3TS/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CFXOKM2233JVGYDOWW77BN54X3GZTIBK/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CG7EWXSO6JUCVHP7R3SOZQ7WPNBOISJH/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MAULPCQFLAMBJIS27YLNNX6IHRFJMVP4/
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• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0001/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4899Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Apr 22, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified