CVE-2014-6593

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u75, 6u85, 7u72, and 8u25; Java SE Embedded 7u71 and 8u6; and JRockit 27.8.4 and 28.3.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to JSSE.

Published: 2015-01-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-6593 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 67.23%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-6593

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38641 exploit_db edb 2015-11-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-6593

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 72.84% 67.23% -5.60%
2 2026-05-13 71.77% 72.84% +1.06%
3 2026-04-29 71.77%

Full EPSS history (52 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-6593

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-2014-6593

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-6593

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-6593 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openjdk-8), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6593
gentoo normal CVE-2014-6593: 2 GLSA(s) (201507-14, 201603-14), 4 atom(s) (dev-java/icedtea, 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-2014-6593
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6593
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-6593 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (openjdk-6, openjdk-7, openjdk-8), 15 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 9, DNE 4, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6593

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-6593

Comment: Per: "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html" Applies to client and server deployment of JSSE.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-6593

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jrockit r27.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r27.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jrockit r28.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.5.0:update75:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update85:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update71:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update72:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.5.0:update75:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update85:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update71:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update72:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-6593

URL Tags
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04583581
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00018.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142496355704097&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142607790919348&w=2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134251/Java-Secure-Socket-Extension-JSSE-SKIP-TLS.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0068.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0079.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0080.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0085.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0086.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0136.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0264.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3144
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3147
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72169
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031580
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2486-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2487-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0003.html
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10104
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-14
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-14
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21695474
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38641/
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