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[ CVE-2013-2423 · Published 17 Apr 2013 ]

Oracle JRE Unspecified Vulnerability

Exploited · CISA KEV CVSS 3.7 EPSS 85%Fix available

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

  • Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-05-25
  • EPSS: 85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official 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.

CISA: Unspecified vulnerability in hotspot for Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows remote attackers to affect integrity.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 15 Jun 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

[ References ]References