CVE-2013-1488
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.2%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the JDBC driver manager, as demonstrated by James Forshaw during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 87.23% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 June 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- oracle/jdk · oracle/jre
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 87.2% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
- http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/a19614a3dabb
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107AUS Government Resource
- http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920247
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16511
- https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309425888188043264
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
- http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/a19614a3dabb
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.