CVE-2014-6504 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-6504 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-6504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 15 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6504 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Oracle Jdk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6504/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6504/index.md)
Remote attackers can exploit an unspecified Hotspot vulnerability in Oracle Java SE to compromise data confidentiality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-6504?
CVE-2014-6504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 15 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u71, 6u81, and 7u67, and Java SE Embedded 7u60, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6504?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6504?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-6504 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6504 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Jdk
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2c5p-3g7v-4hc2, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6504.