CVE-2014-6587

OpenJDK: MulticastSocket NULL pointer dereference (Libraries, 8056264)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 20, 2015

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the MulticastSocket implementation in the Libraries component of OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.1
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference