Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium USN-5898-1 2 CVEs

openjdk-8 vulnerabilities

Published Feb 28, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the Serialization component of OpenJDK did not
properly handle the deserialization of some CORBA objects. An attacker
could possibly use this to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
(CVE-2023-21830)

Markus Loewe discovered that the Java Sound subsystem in OpenJDK did not
properly validate the origin of a Soundbank. An attacker could use this to
specially craft an untrusted Java application or applet that could load a
Soundbank from an attacker controlled remote URL. (CVE-2023-21843)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u362-ga-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u362-ga-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u362-ga-0ubuntu1~22.04
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u362-ga-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-21830
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-21843