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CVE-2014-8873 openjdk

Affected softwareopenjdk
Severity10.0 High CVSS 2.0
WeaknessImproper input validation (CWE-20)
Published9 Nov 2015
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 11 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 4.5% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd oracle openjdk javase 1.7.0

References

URLTags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3235 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3316 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76019

Timeline

Published2015-11-09By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.