CVE-2020-2781

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6 and 14; Java SE Embedded: 8u241. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTPS to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Published: 2020-04-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-2781 is rated Moderate Risk (52.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.95%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-2781

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 2026-06-21 5.08% 4.95% -0.14%
2 2026-06-15 0.26% 5.08% +4.83%
3 2025-12-28 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-2781

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-2781

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-2781

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2020-2781: 3 source package rows (openjdk11, openjdk7, openjdk8); 17 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 17, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-2781
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-2781 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (openjdk-11, openjdk-8), 3 status rows across 2 suites (bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-2781
gentoo normal CVE-2020-2781: 2 GLSA(s) (202006-22, 202209-15), 5 atom(s) (dev-java/icedtea-bin, dev-java/openjdk-bin, dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin, dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2020-2781
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2781
suse high CVE-2020-2781 severity important: SUSE including 389 source package names (10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-11.0.7.0-3.42.4, 10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.7.0-3.42.4, …), 1067 product×package rows across 137 product lines (Container bci/openjdk, Container bci/openjdk-devel, … (137 product lines)): Fixed 836, Known Affected 231. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-2781/
ubuntu low CVE-2020-2781 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (openjdk-14, openjdk-7, openjdk-8, openjdk-lts), 24 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 12, released 9, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-2781

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-2781

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update251:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update241:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 11.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 14.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update251:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update241:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 11.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 14.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 11, <= 11.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 13, <= 13.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update101:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update111:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update121:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update131:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update141:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update151:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update211:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update221:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update231:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update241:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update251:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update40:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update45:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update51:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update55:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update60:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update65:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update67:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update72:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update76:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update80:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update85:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update91:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update95:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update97:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:7:update99:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update101:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update102:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update111:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update112:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update121:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update131:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update141:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update151:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update152:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update162:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update172:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update192:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update20:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update202:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update211:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:8:update212:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-2781

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00048.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10318 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CKAV6KFFAEANXAN73AFTGU7Z6YNRWCXQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L7VHC4EW36KZEIDQ56RPCWBZCQELFFKN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYHHHZRHXCBGRHGE5UP7UEB4IZ2QX536/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-22 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-15 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4337-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4662 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4668 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Vendor Advisory
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