CVE-2015-5236 It was discovered that the IcedTea-Web used codebase attribute of the <applet> tag on the HTML page that hosts Java applet in the Same Origin Policy (SOP) checks. As the specified codebase does not ha...
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 0.83%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
It was discovered that the IcedTea-Web used codebase attribute of the <applet> tag on the HTML page that hosts Java applet in the Same Origin Policy (SOP) checks. As the specified codebase does not have to match the applet's actual origin, this allowed malicious site to bypass SOP via spoofed codebase value.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:12) | All versions | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:12) | = 1.8.8-2 | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:12) | = 1.8.8-3 | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:12) | = 1.8.8-4 | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:13) | All versions | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:13) | = 1.8.8-3 | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:13) | = 1.8.8-4 | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:14) | All versions | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:14) | = 1.8.8-3 | No fix listed |
| debian/icedtea-web(Debian:14) | = 1.8.8-4 | No fix listed |
| icedtea-web project icedtea-web | All versions | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/icedtea-web(Ubuntu:24.04) | All versions | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/icedtea-web(Ubuntu:26.04) | All versions | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/icedtea-web(Ubuntu:26.10) | All versions | No fix listed |
| ubuntu/icedtea-web(Ubuntu:22.04) | All versions | No fix listed |
References
- Ubuntu CVE tracker vendor-advisory
- www.cve.org
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2015-5236 vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com exploit issue-tracking third-party-advisory