CVE-2014-2421

36

FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2421 is an unspecified vulnerability within Oracle Java SE, JavaFX, and Java SE Embedded, affecting versions 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, 8, and 2.2.51 respectively, with impacts related to the 2D component. This critical vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that allows an unauthenticated attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		10.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::
		12.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::
		12.10CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*
		13.10CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:::::::*
		14.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

6.64%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

93.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-24

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0664 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (23)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.2.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.75-1jpp.3.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.1.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.75-1jpp.1.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.55-2.4.7.1.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.55-2.4.7.1.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-5.1.13.3.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.55-2.4.7.2.el7_0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-6.1.13.3.el7_0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.2.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.6-1jpp.1.el5_10

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.1.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.6-1jpp.1.el6_5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.1.0-1jpp.2.el7_0

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2421Critical

OpenJDK: JPEG decoder input stream handling (2D, 8029854)

References

Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html

Third Party Advisory

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014:0413

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014:0414

Third Party Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/58415

Third Party Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/59058

Third Party Advisory

security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml

Third Party Advisory

security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201502-12.xml

Third Party Advisory

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

Third Party Advisory

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2912

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html

Vendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/66881

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2187-1

Third Party Advisory

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2191-1

Third Party Advisory