CVE-2013-2423

LowActively exploited (CISA KEV)

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.7
Exploit probability—
ProductOracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
PublishedApr 17, 2013
First seenApr 17, 2013
Added to KEVMay 25, 2022

How to fix

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CISA due date: Jun 15, 2022

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
oracle jre1.7.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.10—
opensuse opensuse12.3—

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