CVE-2013-1491
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 16.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 2D, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.4% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309438311112507392 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:0835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:0871 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-04-16-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- TA13-107A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- SSRT101252 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SSRT101305 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19482 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:0934 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1527 (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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