CVE-2020-2755

Published Apr 12, 2020
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Updated

A flaw was found in the Nashorn JavaScript engine in the Scripting component of OpenJDK. The state machine of the regular expression Parser did not correctly handle empty string nodes in certain cases, which could cause an unexpected exception to be raised when processing a specially crafted regular expression.

Affected Software

147 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el6_10
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el6_10
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el6_10
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el6_10
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-4.el7_8
11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-4.el7_8
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el7_8
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el7_8
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el7
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el7
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_1
11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_1
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_1
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_1
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1.el8_2
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1.el8_2
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_0
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_0
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_0
11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_0
debian/openjdk-11
11.0.24+8-2~deb11u111.0.25~5ea-1
debian/openjdk-8
8u422-b05-1
Oracle JDK=1.8.0-update241
Oracle JDK=11.0.6
Oracle JDK=14.0.0
Oracle JRE=1.8.0-update241
Oracle JRE=11.0.6
Oracle JRE=14.0.0
Oracle OpenJDK>=11<=11.0.6
Oracle OpenJDK>=13<=13.0.2
Oracle OpenJDK=7
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update1
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update10
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update101
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update11
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update111
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update121
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update13
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update131
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update141
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update15
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update151
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update161
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update17
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update171
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update181
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update191
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update2
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update201
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update21
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update211
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update221
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update231
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update241
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update25
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update251
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update3
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update4
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update40
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update45
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update5
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update51
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update55
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update6
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update60
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update65
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update67
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update7
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update72
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update76
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update80
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update85
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update9
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update91
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update95
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update97
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update99
Oracle OpenJDK=8
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update101
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update102
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update11
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update111
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update112
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update121
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update131
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update141
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update151
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update152
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update161
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update162
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update171
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update172
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update181
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update191
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update192
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update20
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update201
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update202
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update211
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update212
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update221
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update231
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update241
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update25
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update31
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update40
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update45
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update5
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update51
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update60
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update65
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update66
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update71
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update72
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update73
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update74
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update77
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update91
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update92
Oracle OpenJDK=14
NetApp 7-Mode Transition Tool
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows>=7.3
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Vsphere>=9.5
NetApp Cloud Backup
NetApp Cloud Secure Agent
NetApp E-series Performance Analyzer
NetApp E-Series SANtricity OS Controller>=11.0.0<=11.70.2
NetApp E-series Santricity Web Services Web Services Proxy
NetApp OnCommand Insight
NetApp Santricity Unified Manager
NetApp Snapmanager Sap
NetApp Snapmanager Oracle
NetApp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage
NetApp Storagegrid>=9.0.0<=9.0.4
NetApp Storagegrid
Fedoraproject Fedora=30
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Fedoraproject Fedora=32
openSUSE Leap=15.1
openSUSE Leap=15.2
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.10
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.9.0
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.9.1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_2
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_3
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_4
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_5
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_6
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_7
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_8
IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises<=All

Event History

Apr 12, 2020
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·04:07 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Apr 14, 2020
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Apr 15, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:29 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:29 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:47 PM
Description
Sep 17, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·07:30 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2020-2755?

CVE-2020-2755 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for unexpected exceptions during regex processing in the Nashorn JavaScript engine.

2

How do I fix CVE-2020-2755?

You can fix CVE-2020-2755 by updating to the patched versions: 1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el6_10 or newer for OpenJDK.

3

What software is affected by CVE-2020-2755?

CVE-2020-2755 affects various versions of OpenJDK and Oracle JDK including 1.8.0 and 11.0.x as well as IBM JDK.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-2755?

CVE-2020-2755 is a flaw in the parsing of regular expressions in the Nashorn JavaScript engine.

5

Can CVE-2020-2755 lead to denial of service?

Yes, CVE-2020-2755 could lead to denial of service due to unexpected exceptions during the processing of specially crafted regular expressions.

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