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CVE-2015-1914

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1914 describes a vulnerability in multiple versions of IBM Java (7 R1, 7, 6 R1, 6, and 5.0) that allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks. This bypass enables the unauthorized acquisition of sensitive information through unspecified vectors related to the Java Virtual Machine. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0.0.0, < 5.0.16.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0.0.0, < 6.0.16.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.1.0.0, < 6.1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0.0, < 7.0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.1.0.0, < 7.1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0404 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.9.0-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.10-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.4-1jpp.1.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.0-1jpp.2.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.10-1jpp.1.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.3.0-1jpp.2.ael7b_1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1914Moderate

JDK: unspecified partial Java sandbox restrictions bypass

May 6, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00031.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1006.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1007.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1020.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1021.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1091.html
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/74645
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry