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CVE-2022-21445

Oracle ADF Faces Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 62.5%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 October 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: ADF Faces). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF). Note: Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) is downloaded via Oracle JDeveloper Product. Please refer to Fusion Middleware Patch Advisor for more details. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
62.48% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Listed 18 September 2024 · due 9 October 2024
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
oracle/application development framework
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS trend
0%33%65%30 October 2026: 62.48%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 62.5% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21445

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.