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title: "CVE-2014-4252\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-4252

Publication date 17 July 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 5.0u65, 6u75, 7u60, and 8u5
allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors
related to Security.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4252?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 6b32-1.13.4-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6b32-1.13.4-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1 |
| openjdk-6b18 | 14.04 LTS trusty | 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 7u65-2.5.1-1ubuntu1~0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.12.04.1 |
| 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-2014-4252)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4252)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4252)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4252)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2319-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2319-1)
+ OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
+ 20 August 2014

+ [USN-2312-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2312-1)
+ OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
+ 12 August 2014

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4252>
