CVE-2014-0422: Oracle JDK

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45; Java SE Embedded 7u45; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to JNDI. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that the issue is related to missing package access checks in the Naming / JNDI component, which allows attackers to escape the sandbox.

Affected products

• Oracle JDK: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only
• Oracle JRE: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only; version 1.7.0 only

Published 2014-01-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.