CVE-2020-14562: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in the Java SE product of Oracle Java SE (component: ImageIO). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 11.0.7 and 14.0.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 18.04 only; version 20.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 31 only; version 32 only
• Netapp E-Series Santricity OS Controller: from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.50.2
• Netapp E-Series Santricity Storage Manager: affected versions not specified
• Netapp E-Series Santricity Unified Manager: affected versions not specified
• Netapp E-Series Santricity Web Services Proxy: affected versions not specified
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only; version 15.2 only
• Oracle JDK: version 11.0.7 only; version 14.0.1 only

Published 2020-07-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.