CVE-2014-0453

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Security.

Published: 2014-04-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0453 is rated Moderate Risk (51.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.47%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.46% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0453

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.01% 5.47% +3.46%
2 2026-05-18 2.43% 2.01% -0.42%
3 2026-04-29 2.43%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0453

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0453

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0453

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-0453: 2 GLSA(s) (201406-32, 201502-12), 4 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/icedtea-bin, dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-0453
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0453
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0453 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (openjdk-6, openjdk-6b18, openjdk-7), 18 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 10, DNE 6, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0453

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jrockit r27.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r27.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jrockit r28.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
juniper junos_space < 15.1 cpe:2.3:a:juniper:junos_space:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.5.0:update61:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update71:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update51:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.5.0:update61:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update71:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update51:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm forms_viewer >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:forms_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm forms_viewer >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:forms_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0453

URL Tags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58415 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59022 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59023 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59071 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59082 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59104 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59194 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59250 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59255 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59307 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59324 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59436 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59438 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59653 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59675 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59722 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59733 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60003 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60111 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60117 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60498 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60574 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60580 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61050 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61264 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-12.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21673836 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21674539 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675945 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676190 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676373 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676672 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676703 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677294 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678113 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679610 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21680387 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21680750 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681018 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681047 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681256 Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683484 Broken Link
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096132 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2912 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675343 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675588 Broken Link
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677387 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66914 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2187-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2191-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414 Third Party Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21674530 Third Party Advisory
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