CVE-2022-40433

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Rejected reason: ** REJECT ** This CVE ID has been rejected by its CNA as it was not a security issue.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the HotSpot VM implementation in OpenJDK did not properly validate bytecode blocks in certain situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.

Status

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
openjdk-8

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.9 · Medium

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6528-1
    • OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities
    • 29 November 2023

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