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 Enterprise Edition: 20.3.6, 21.3.2 and 22.1.0. 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 read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. 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 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.037 (88.9th 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
- Azul Zulu — versions 6.47, 7.54, 8.62
- Netapp 7-mode_transition_tool
- Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager
- Netapp Cloud_insights_acquisition_unit
- Netapp Cloud_secure_agent
- Netapp Hci_compute_node
- Netapp Hci_management_node
- Netapp Oncommand_insight
- Netapp Solidfire
- Oracle Graalvm — versions 20.3.6, 21.3.2, 22.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (Third Party Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory)
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.