CVE-2013-2423Unspecified 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 rel…
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CISA lists it as known exploited since May 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 15, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 3.7 LOW (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-284
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV May 25, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 15, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 85.22% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- oracle
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
oracle jre oracle:jre | 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0; and 5 more ranges | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | NVD |
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse | 12.3 | NVD |
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
- http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=acd2dd6d-1028-4996-95df-efa42ac237f0x-refsource-misc, broken-link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107Athird-party-advisory, x-refsource-cert, us-government-resource
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130x-refsource-confirm, third-party-advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3fx-refsource-misc, patch
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161vendor-advisory, x-refsource-mandriva, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, third-party-advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu, third-party-advisory
- http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.htmlx-refsource-misc, not-applicable
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398x-refsource-confirm, issue-tracking
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16700vdb-entry, signature, x-refsource-oval, broken-link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.htmlx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/x-refsource-confirm, broken-link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2423us-government-resource
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