CVE-2021-2432
Vulnerability in the Java SE product of Oracle Java SE (component: JNDI). The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 7u301. Difficult to exploit 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 can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.7 (v3.1)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2021-16891)
- Published
- July 21, 2021
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2021-16891 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 25, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- oracle / jdk
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- McAfee Application Control v5.0, Change Control v5.0, and Integrity Monitor v5.0 with McAfee Agent v4.5 and ePolicy Orchestrator v4.5 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-153 - archived
- McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.5i and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator v3.6 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0047-2007 - archived
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366(Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05(Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210723-0002/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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