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CVE-2015-0410

OpenJDK: DER decoder infinite loop (Security, 8059485)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 20, 2015

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way the DER (Distinguished Encoding Rules) decoder in the Security component in OpenJDK handled negative length values. A specially crafted, DER-encoded input could cause a Java application to enter an infinite loop when decoded.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition