The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earli
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to AWT, as demonstrated by Ben Murphy during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to invocation of the system class loader by the sun.awt.datatransfer.ClassLoaderObjectInputStream class, which allows remote attackers to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
- Published
- Mar 8, 2013
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 10.3% · 96th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
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Action score
43
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 10.3%
Affected systems
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- oracle jdk1.7.0
- oracle jre1.7.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.6.0-openjdk-src | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.11.11.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.7.0-openjdk | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | java-1.7.0-openjdk-src | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.6.0-openjdk-src | before 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 | 1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.7.0-openjdk | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | java-1.7.0-openjdk-src | before 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 |
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Remediation
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| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:java-1.7.0-openjdk | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-openjdk-src | 1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-oracle | 1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-oracle-devel | 1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx | 1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc | 1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin | 1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:java-1.7.0-oracle-src | 1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | 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
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
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
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
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References
- blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
- blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880
- h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
- hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/31c782610044
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
- mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.