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title: "CVE-2014-6591\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6591

Publication date 21 January 2015

Last updated 26 May 2025

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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 the Java SE component in Oracle Java SE
5.0u75, 6u85, 7u72, and 8u25 allows remote attackers to affect
confidentiality via unknown vectors related to 2D, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2014-6585.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icu | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 52.1-6ubuntu0.2 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 52.1-3ubuntu0.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.8.1.1-3ubuntu0.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| openjdk-6 | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.14.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| openjdk-7 | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 7u75-2.5.4-1~utopic1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 7u75-2.5.4-1~trusty1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 7u75-2.5.4-1~precise1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| openjdk-8 | 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6591?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| icu | * Upstream:   <http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/37086> |
| openjdk-7 | * Upstream:   <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/be61bf86aee9> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6591)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6591)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6591)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6591)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2487-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2487-1)
+ OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
+ 28 January 2015

+ [USN-2522-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2522-1)
+ ICU vulnerabilities
+ 5 March 2015

+ [USN-2522-3](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2522-3)
+ ICU vulnerabilities
+ 10 March 2015

+ [USN-2486-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2486-1)
+ OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
+ 27 January 2015

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6591>