Java SE 8u441 Bundled Patch Release (BPR) - Bug Fixes and Updates

The following sections summarize changes made in all Java SE 8u441 BPR. Bug fixes and any other changes are listed below in date order, most current BPR first. Note that bug fixes in the previous BPR are also included in the current BPR.

Changes in Java SE 8u441 b32

Bug Fixes

        LSParser domParser = domImplementationLS.createLSParser(MODE_SYNCHRONOUS, null);

        domParser.getDomConfig().setParameter("entities", true);
        LSInput src = domImplementationLS.createLSInput();
        src.setStringData(source);
        Document document = domParser.parse(src);

        LSSerializer lsSerializer = domImplementationLS.createLSSerializer();

        lsSerializer.getDomConfig().setParameter("format-pretty-print", true);
        String result = lsSerializer.writeToString(document);

Changes in Java SE 8u441 b31

Bug Fixes

Java™ SE Development Kit 8, Update 441 (JDK 8u441)

Release date: January 21, 2025

The full version string for this update release is 1.8.0_441-b07 (where "b" means "build"). The version number is 8u441. This JDK conforms to version 8.6 of the Java SE Specification (JSR 337 MR 6 2024-07-02).

IANA TZ Data 2024b

JDK 8u441 contains IANA time zone data 2024b which contains the following changes since the previous update.

• Improve historical data for Mexico, Mongolia, and Portugal.
• System V names are now obsolescent.
• The main data form now uses %z.
• The code now conforms to RFC 8536 for early timestamps.
• Support POSIX.1-2024, which removes asctime_r and ctime_r.

For more information, refer to Timezone Data Versions in the JRE Software.

Security Baselines

The security baselines for the Java Runtime at the time of the release of JDK 8u441 are specified in the following table:

Keeping the JDK up to Date

Oracle recommends that the JDK is updated with each Critical Patch Update. In order to determine if a release is the latest, the Security Baseline page can be used to determine which is the latest version for each release family.

Critical patch updates, which contain security vulnerability fixes, are announced one year in advance on Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins. It is not recommended that this JDK (version 8u441) be used after the next critical patch update scheduled for April 15, 2025.

Java Management Service, available to all users, can help you find vulnerable Java versions in your systems. Java SE Subscribers and customers running in Oracle Cloud can use Java Management Service to update Java Runtimes and to do further security reviews like identifying potentially vulnerable third party libraries used by your Java programs. Existing Java Management Service user click here to log in to your dashboard. The Java Management Service Documentation provides a list of features available to everyone and those available only to customers. Learn more about using Java Management Service to monitor and secure your Java Installations.

For systems unable to reach the Oracle Servers, a secondary mechanism expires this JRE (version 8u441) on 2025-05-15. After either condition is met (new release becoming available or expiration date reached), the JRE will provide additional warnings and reminders to users to update to the newer version. For more information, see 23.1.2 JRE Expiration Date in the Java Platform, Standard Edition Deployment Guide.

JavaFX Will No Longer Be Included in JDK/JRE 8

This release, JDK and JRE 8 update 441, is the last release to bundle JavaFX. As announced in 2020, support for JavaFX on JDK 8, the last commercially supported version of JavaFX from Oracle, will end in March 2025. Accordingly, JDK 8 update 441 is the last upgrade of JDK/JRE 8 with JavaFX. Oracle continues to develop and release JavaFX as stand-alone modules via the OpenJFX project for the latest versions of Java only. For more details see the Java SE Spring 2024 Roadmap Update. Please contact Oracle Sales if you have any additional needs.

Other Notes

Updates to Third Party Libraries

Bug Fixes

This release also contains fixes for security vulnerabilities described in the Oracle Critical Patch Update.

The following table lists the bug fixes included in the JDK 8u441 release: