CVE-2014-6601

critical
Published 2015-01-21 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u85, 7u72, and 8u25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6601

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert_us@oracle.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
suse suse12.0affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
redhat rhel5.0affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
debian debiansidfixed8u40~b22-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
oraclejdk1.6.0
oraclejdk1.7.0
oraclejdk1.8.0
oraclejre1.6.0
oraclejre1.7.0
oraclejre1.8.0

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.