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title: "CVE-2014-2427\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2427

Publication date 15 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8, and
Java SE Embedded 7u51, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality,
integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Sound.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2427?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1 |
| openjdk-6b18 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| openjdk-7 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

in lucid+, NetX and the plugin moved to the icedtea-web package

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

sun-java6 is not redistributable, no longer in the archive and
no longer tracked
sun-java5 is EOL upstream and no longer tracked

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2427)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2427)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2427)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2427)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2187-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2187-1)
+ OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
+ 30 April 2014

+ [USN-2191-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2191-1)
+ OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
+ 1 May 2014

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2427>
