Use After Free in Azul Zulu

CVE-2022-21540

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 7u343, 8u333, 11.0.15.1, 17.0.3.1, 18.0.1.1; Oracle GraalVM Ent…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.004 (63.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21540?
CVE-2022-21540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Azul Zulu, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-21540?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-21540 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.