The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to…

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the JDBC driver manager, as demonstrated by James Forshaw during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

87.2% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• GLSA-201406-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/a19614a3dabb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [distro-pkg-dev] 20130417 [SECURITY] IcedTea 1.11.10 for OpenJDK 6 Released! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2013:145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• TA13-107A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309425888188043264 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0777 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2013:161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0964 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0752 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1806-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2013:0814 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920247 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 15:04 UTC.