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title: CVE-2019-2684
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-2684
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# CVE-2019-2684

Publication date 23 April 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-2684#impact-score)

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## Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE
(subcomponent: RMI). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE:
7u211, 8u202, 11.0.2 and 12; Java SE Embedded: 8u201. Difficult to exploit
vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via
multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful
attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion
or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded
accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments,
typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or
sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), 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 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector:
(CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

Corwin de Boor and Robert Xiao discovered that the RMI registry
implementation in OpenJDK did not properly select the correct
skeleton class in some situations. An attacker could use this to
possibly escape Java sandbox restrictions.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icedtea-web | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| openjdk-12 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| openjdk-6 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| openjdk-7 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| openjdk-8 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Fixed 8u212-b03-0ubuntu1 |
| 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 8u212-b03-0ubuntu1.18.10.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 8u212-b03-0ubuntu1.18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 8u212-b03-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| openjdk-9 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| openjdk-lts | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Fixed 11.0.3+7-1ubuntu2~19.04.1 |
| 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 11.0.3+7-1ubuntu2~18.10.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 11.0.3+7-1ubuntu2~18.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | 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-2019-2684#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 |
| --- | --- |
| openjdk-8 | * Upstream:   <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jdk/rev/52f3117d3120> |
| openjdk-lts | * Upstream:   <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk11u/rev/1084d119236b> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-2684)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2684)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-2684)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-2684)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3975-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3975-1)
+ OpenJDK vulnerabilities
+ 13 May 2019

### Other references

* <https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html#AppendixJAVA>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2684>
