CVE-2022-21277

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: ImageIO). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 11.0.13, 17.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.4 and 21.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Published: 2022-01-19 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-21277 is rated Moderate Risk (53.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.09%). EPSS rose +1.89% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-21277

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 1.20% 3.09% +1.89%
2 2026-05-29 0.88% 1.20% +0.32%
3 2026-04-06 — 0.88% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-21277

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]
5.0 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-2022-21277

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-21277

GHSA-fh88-rxj8-f46q · Severity: medium — Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE ...

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-21277

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-21277: 5 source package rows (openjdk11, openjdk13, openjdk15, openjdk17, openjdk17-ppc64le-bootstrap); 21 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 21, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-21277
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-21277 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (openjdk-11, openjdk-17), 5 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-21277
gentoo low CVE-2022-21277: 1 GLSA(s) (202209-05), 3 atom(s) (dev-java/openjdk, dev-java/openjdk-bin, dev-java/openjdk-jre-bin); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-21277
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21277
suse medium CVE-2022-21277 severity moderate: SUSE including 399 source package names (10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-11.0.14.0-3.74.2, 10.1.33-openjdk11-59.4:java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.14.0-3.74.2, …), 869 product×package rows across 132 product lines (Container bci/openjdk, Container bci/openjdk-devel, … (132 product lines)): Fixed 634, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21277/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-21277 medium priority: Ubuntu including 10 source packages (icedtea-web, openjdk-12, …), 150 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 80, not-affected 27, ignored 21, needs-triage 16, released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21277

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-21277

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle graalvm 20.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:20.3.4:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 21.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:21.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
oracle jdk 11.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 11.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:11.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp 7-mode_transition_tool — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:7-mode_transition_tool:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp cloud_insights_acquisition_unit — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_acquisition_unit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp cloud_secure_agent — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_secure_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0.0, <= 11.70.1 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_storage_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_storage_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_web_services — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_web_services:-:*:*:*:*:web_services_proxy:*:*
netapp hci_management_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp santricity_storage_plugin — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:santricity_storage_plugin:-:*:*:*:*:vcenter:*:*
netapp santricity_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:santricity_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:oracle:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
netapp solidfire — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 11, <= 11.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 13, <= 13.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk >= 15, <= 15.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 17 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle openjdk 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-21277

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