TI-2014-07249 Aliases CVE-2014-8873 GHSA-8crp-v9pf-hp45

A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type…

MEDIUM 50CWE-20Published 2015-11-09 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04545 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.7.0:::::::*	1.7.0	Vulnerable	Oracle

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.0 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-8873
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8crp-v9pf-hp45

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

[oss-security] 20150718 CVE-2014-8873 was fixed in DSA-3235-1

TI-2022-15084 Apache Xalan Java XSLT library is vulnerable to an integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2013-00358 Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java… KEVCVSS 3.1LOW 3.7
TI-2021-14286 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2021-14283 Protection mechanism failure in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2021-02476 Out-of-bounds write in libxml2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2022-05732 Deserialization of untrusted data in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

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Sources

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