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CVE-2024-21210: 
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Overview

A vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot) affects multiple versions including Oracle Java SE: 8u421, 8u421-perf, 11.0.24, 17.0.12, 21.0.4 and 23. This vulnerability (CVE-2024-21210) was disclosed in October 2024 and allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to compromise Oracle Java SE through multiple protocols (Oracle Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is characterized by an array indexing integer overflow issue (reference #8328544). It has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 3.7 (Low severity) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The scoring indicates that while the vulnerability is network-accessible, it requires high attack complexity and can only result in low impact to integrity (Oracle Advisory).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE accessible data. The vulnerability can be exploited through APIs in the specified Component, such as through web services which supply data to the APIs (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Oracle has released patches for the affected versions as part of its Critical Patch Update. The fix is available for Oracle Java SE versions 8u421, 8u421-perf, 11.0.24, 17.0.12, 21.0.4 and 23. Users are strongly recommended to apply these security patches without delay to address the vulnerability (Oracle Advisory).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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