Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23, and, and earlier allows
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23, and, and earlier allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to JAXP and unspecified APIs. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is related to "Features set on SchemaFactory not inherited by Validator."
- Published
- Feb 17, 2011
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.5% · 89th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.5%
Affected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- sun jdkup to 1.6.0 inclusive
- sun jdk1.6.0
- sun jreup to 1.6.0 inclusive
- sun jre1.6.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:5.0 | openjdk-6 | before 6b18-1.8.7-2~lenny1 | 6b18-1.8.7-2~lenny1 |
| Debian:6.0 | openjdk-6 | before 6b18-1.8.7-2~squeeze1 | 6b18-1.8.7-2~squeeze1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-src | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-src | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | java-1.6.0-sun | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | java-1.6.0-sun-demo | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | java-1.6.0-sun-devel | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | java-1.6.0-sun-plugin | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | java-1.6.0-sun-src | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | java-1.6.0-sun | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | java-1.6.0-sun-demo | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | java-1.6.0-sun-devel | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc | before 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5 |
+8
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:openjdk-6 | 6b18-1.8.7-2~lenny1 · Debian:5.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-openjdk-src | 1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-demo | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-devel | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-plugin | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.6.0-sun-src | 1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054115.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054134.html
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
- secunia.com/advisories/43350
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2224
- www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS11-003/index.html
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:054
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2011-304611.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0281.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0282.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46387
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65404
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12887
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14076
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.