CVE-2015-0460

OpenJDK: incorrect handling of phantom references (Hotspot, 8071931)

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Severity

Critical

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 14, 2015

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot component in OpenJDK handled phantom references. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to corrupt the Java Virtual Machine memory and, possibly, execute arbitrary code, bypassing Java sandbox restrictions.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified