CVE-2021-2161: Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	Java SE JDK and JRE	affected Java SE:7u291 affected Java SE:8u281 affected Java SE:11.0.10 affected Java SE:16 affected Java SE Embedded:8u281 affected Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:19.3.5 affected Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.1.2 affected Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.0.0.2

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.035, the 89th 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 22 Apr 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00021.html mailing-listmlist
www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4899 vendor-advisorydebian
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MAULPCQFLAMBJIS27YLNNX6IHRFJMVP4/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MVDY4T5XMSYDQT6RRKPMRCV4MVGS7KXF/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5ACX4JEVYH6H4PSMGMYWTGABPOFPH3TS/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CFXOKM2233JVGYDOWW77BN54X3GZTIBK/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CG7EWXSO6JUCVHP7R3SOZQ7WPNBOISJH/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UD3JEP4HPLK7MNZHVUMKIJPBP74M3A2V/ vendor-advisoryfedora
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0001/ confirm
docs.azul.com/core/zulu-openjdk/release-notes/april-2021.html#fixed-common-vulnerabilities-and-exposures
kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366 confirm
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05 vendor-advisorygentoo

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