CVE catalog
CVE-2015-5234
icedtea-web: CVE-2015-5234
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.13% · Oct 25, 2026
IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly sanitize applet URLs, which allows remote attackers to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval to execute the applet via a crafted web page, possibly related to line breaks.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | icedtea-web | sid | 1.8.8-4 | fixed |
| Debian | icedtea-web | forky | 1.8.8-4 | fixed |
| Debian | icedtea-web | trixie | 1.8.8-3 | fixed |
| Debian | icedtea-web | bookworm | 1.8.8-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.4-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.4.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.4.2-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Suse | java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin | linux enterprise desktop 12 | 1.6.1-2.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin | linux enterprise workstation extension 12 | 1.6.1-2.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | icedtea-web | linux enterprise desktop 11 sp4 | 1.5.3-0.9.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.4-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.4.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.4.2-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | 14.04 | 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | sid | 1.6.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [798467] |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | forky | 1.6.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [798467] |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | trixie | 1.6.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [798467] |
| Debian | icedtea-web | source | bookworm | 1.6.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [798467] |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | deb | 14.04 | 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | Not reported | USN-2817-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 | 1.6.1-2.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2015:1682-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | java-1_7_0-openjdk-plugin | rpm | linux enterprise workstation extension 12 | 1.6.1-2.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2015:1682-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | icedtea-web | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 11 sp4 | 1.5.3-0.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2015:1689-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | icedtea-web | deb | 14.04 | 1.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5234 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [icedtea-netx]Fixed
Source package: [icedtea-web]
Details (2)
1.8.8-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.1-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · bookworm; dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 12
1.8.8-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.1-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · bookworm; dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [icedtea-netx]Fixed
Source package: [icedtea-web]
Details (2)
1.8.8-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.1-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 13
1.8.8-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.1-1dsa · icedtea-web · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:2457]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2015_1682-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5234]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:1682-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:1689-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5234]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2817-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5234]
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