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High USN-6929-1 6 CVEs

openjdk-8 vulnerabilities

Published Jul 31, 2024 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 was not properly
bounding certain UTF-8 strings, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-21131)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 could be made to
run into an infinite loop. If an automated system were tricked into
processing excessively large symbols, an attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21138)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 did not properly
perform range check elimination. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code or bypass Java
sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2024-21140)

Yakov Shafranovich discovered that the Concurrency component of OpenJDK 8
incorrectly performed header validation in the Pack200 archive format. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-21144)

Sergey Bylokhov discovered that OpenJDK 8 did not properly manage memory
when handling 2D images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2024-21145)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly
handled memory when performing range check elimination under certain
circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service, execute arbitrary code or bypass Java sandbox
restrictions. (CVE-2024-21147)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u422-b05-1~20.04
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u422-b05-1~22.04
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u422-b05-1~24.04
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS openjdk-8 8u422-b05-1~18.04

Vulnerabilities 6

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21131
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21138
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21140
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21144
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21145
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21147