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# CVE-2015-4844

Publication date 21 October 2015

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 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60, and Java
SE Embedded 8u51, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality,
integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4844?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icu | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 55.1-7ubuntu0.1 |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 52.1-3ubuntu0.5 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.8.1.1-3ubuntu0.7 |
| openjdk-6 | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.15.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| openjdk-7 | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 7u85-2.6.1-5ubuntu0.15.10.1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 7u85-2.6.1-5ubuntu0.15.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 7u85-2.6.1-5ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 7u85-2.6.1-5ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| openjdk-8 | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 8u66-b17-1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | 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-2015-4844?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

as of 2016-08-08, no definitive fix in ICU source tree
debian has released fix however

### 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/38141> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4844)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4844)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4844)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4844)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2827-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2827-1)
+ OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
+ 3 December 2015

+ [USN-3227-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3227-1)
+ ICU vulnerabilities
+ 13 March 2017

+ [USN-2784-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2784-1)
+ OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
+ 28 October 2015

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4844>