A .desktop file in the Debian openjdk-7 package 7u79-2.5.5-1~deb8u1 includes a MIME type registration that is added to /etc/mailcap by mime-support, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-11-09T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:11.878Z

Reserved: 2014-11-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-8873

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2015-11-09T16:59:00.103

Modified: 2015-11-10T16:32:30.283

Link: CVE-2014-8873

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