CVE-2014-6531

20

FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-6531 is an unspecified vulnerability within Oracle Java SE (versions 5.0u71, 6u81, 7u67, 8u20) and Java SE Embedded (version 7u60), specifically related to its Libraries component. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for remote attackers to compromise confidentiality without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.5.0:update_71::::::
		1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update81::::::
		1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update60::::::
		1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.5.0:update_71::::::
		1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update_81::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.04%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

86.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0304 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (23)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.85-1jpp.3.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.72-1jpp.2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.85-1jpp.2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.72-1jpp.2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.85-1jpp.2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.71-2.5.3.1.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.33-1.13.5.0.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.8.0-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.2-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.72-1jpp.4.el5_11

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.33-1.13.5.0.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-0:1.8.0.25-1.b17.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.71-2.5.3.1.el7_0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.33-1.13.5.0.el7_0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.3-1jpp.1.el5

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.2-1jpp.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.2.0-1jpp.3.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.8-1jpp.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.8.0-1jpp.1.el6_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.2.0-1jpp.3.el7_0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.71-2.5.3.1.el6

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-6531Moderate

OpenJDK: insufficient ResourceBundle name check (Libraries, 8044274)

References

linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2014-1633.html

linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2014-1634.html

linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2014-1636

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00013.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00021.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00002.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00026.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00027.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00033.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00036.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1620.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1633.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1634.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1636.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1657.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1658.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1876.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1877.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1880.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1881.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1882.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0264.html

secunia.com / advisories/60414

secunia.com / advisories/60416

secunia.com / advisories/60417

secunia.com / advisories/61018

secunia.com / advisories/61020

secunia.com / advisories/61143

secunia.com / advisories/61163

secunia.com / advisories/61164

secunia.com / advisories/61346

secunia.com / advisories/61609

secunia.com / advisories/61629

secunia.com / advisories/61928

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

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

debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3077

debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3080

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html

PatchVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/70572

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2386-1

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2388-1

ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2388-2