CVE-2020-14579: Oracle Corporation Java

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	Java	affected Java SE: 7u261, 8u251 affected Java SE Embedded: 8u251

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
3.7	Low	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	CNA (oracle)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.043, the 91st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 15 Jul 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200717-0005/ confirm
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFJPOYF3CWYEPCDOAOCNFJTQIKKWPHW/ vendor-advisoryfedora
www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4734 vendor-advisorydebian
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFZ36XIW5ENQAW6BB7WHRFFTTJX7KGMR/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00021.html mailing-listmlist
usn.ubuntu.com/4453-1/ vendor-advisoryubuntu
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-24 vendor-advisorygentoo
kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332 confirm
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00041.html vendor-advisorysuse
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-15 vendor-advisorygentoo

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