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CVE-2019-2769

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-2769 is a vulnerability in the Utilities subcomponent of Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded, affecting versions 7u221, 8u212, 11.0.3, 12.0.1, and 8u211 respectively. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause a partial denial of service. It primarily impacts Java deployments running untrusted code within a sandbox, or through APIs. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack requiring no user interaction or privileges, with impact limited to availability. Despite its network-based attack vector, it does not lead to confidentiality or integrity compromise. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. It is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting a low immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update221:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update211:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update212:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0435 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (14)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.222.b10-0.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.231-2.6.19.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.50-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.4.11-0.el7_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.222.b10-0.el7_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.231-2.6.19.1.el7_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.50-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.222.b10-0.el8_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.4.11-0.el8_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-2769Moderate

OpenJDK: Unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in Collections (Utilities, 8213432)

Jul 16, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00044.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2494
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2495
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2585
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2590
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2592
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2737
Third Party Advisory
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00020.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4080-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4083-1
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
PatchVendor Advisory