CVE-2014-1876
The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- USN-2187-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0414 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201406-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-2191-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- HPSBUX03091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0413 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060907 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 59058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX03092 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-2912 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 58415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140207 Re: CVE request and heads-up on insecure temp file handling in unpack200 (OpenJDK, Oracle Java) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140203 CVE request and heads-up on insecure temp file handling in unpack200 (OpenJDK, Oracle Java) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 65568 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 102808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-1938 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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