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🛡️ CVE-2024-21094 on Ubuntu — openjdk-13

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u401, 8u401-perf, 11.0.22, 17.0.10, 21.0.2, 22; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.10, 21.0.2, 22; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.13 and 21.3.9. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-21094 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package openjdk-13. The fix is available in version 17.0.11+9-1~22.04.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21094 is classified as CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data. The product, when processing trusted data, accepts any untrusted data that is also included with the trusted data, treating the untrusted data as if it were trusted.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21094 is recorded against 8 packages.

  • openjdk-13
  • openjdk-16
  • openjdk-17 (fixed in 17.0.11+9-1~22.04.1)
  • openjdk-18
  • openjdk-21 (fixed in 21.0.3+9-1ubuntu1~22.04.1)
  • openjdk-8 (fixed in 8u412-ga-1~24.04.2)
  • openjdk-9
  • openjdk-lts (fixed in 11.0.23+9-1ubuntu1~22.04.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 April 2024 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
bugs.openjdk.org (Report)
www.oracle.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

openjdk-13 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-349: Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data) in other software:

CVE-2024-21094 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-04-16
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
openjdk-13 — —
openjdk-16 — —
openjdk-17 — 17.0.11+9-1~22.04.1
openjdk-18 — —
openjdk-21 — 21.0.3+9-1ubuntu1~22.04.1
openjdk-8 — 8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
openjdk-9 — —
openjdk-lts — 11.0.23+9-1ubuntu1~22.04.1

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