CVE-2012-4823
Unspecified vulnerability in the JRE component in IBM Java 7 SR2 and earlier, Java 6.0.1 SR3 and earlier, Java 6 SR11 and earlier, Java 5…
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- ibm
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the JRE component in IBM Java 7 SR2 and earlier, Java 6.0.1 SR3 and earlier, Java 6 SR11 and earlier, Java 5 SR14 and earlier, and Java 142 SR13 FP13 and earlier; as used in IBM Rational Host On-Demand, Rational Change, Tivoli Monitoring, Smart Analytics System 5600, Tivoli Remote Control 5.1.2, WebSphere Real Time, Lotus Notes & Domino, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, and Service Deliver Manager; and other products from other vendors such as Red Hat, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "insecure use of the java.lang.ClassLoder defineClass() method."
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- RHSA-2012:1466 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616616 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616594 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616617 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21621154 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20120911 [SE-2012-01] Security vulnerabilities in IBM Java (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616652 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- IV29687 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 55495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615800 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616490 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616546 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-java-defineclass-code-execution(78767) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1467 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616708 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51634 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 51326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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