CVE-2013-2423: Oracle JRE Unspecified Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Oracle JRE Unspecified Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Oracle: Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/ (opens in new tab)
- blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html (opens in new tab)
- hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3f (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html (opens in new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html (opens in new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16700 (opens in new tab)
- wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130 (opens in new tab)
- weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx (opens in new tab)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976 (opens in new tab)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (opens in new tab)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html (opens in new tab)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1 (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)