CVE-2014-8891

critical
Published 2015-03-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to the security manager.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21695474

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/#IBM_Security_Update_February_2015

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmjava_sdk{"startIncluding":"5.0.0.0","endIncluding":"5.0.16.8"}

References

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