CVE-2014-2428

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u71, 7u51, and 8, and Java SE Embedded 7u51, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment.

Published: 2014-04-16 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2428 is rated High Risk (65.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.03%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2428

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 1.63% 5.03% +3.41%
2 2026-05-19 1.93% 1.63% -0.30%
3 2026-05-14 1.93%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2428

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2428

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2428

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-2428: 1 GLSA(s) (201502-12), 3 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2428
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2428
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2428 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): DNE 7, not-affected 7, released 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2428

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2428

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 1.6.0 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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2014-2428

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