CVE-2013-2465
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, 6 Update 45 and…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 98.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 28 Mar 2022
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, 6 Update 45 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 45 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Java sandbox via vectors related to "Incorrect image channel verification" in 2D.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Oracle Java SE Unspecified Vulnerability.
- Added
- 28 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 18 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 28 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Java storeImageArray() Invalid Array Indexing Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/java_storeimagearrayRank greatdisclosed 12 Aug 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Java - 'storeImageArray()' Invalid Array Indexing (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27705remote, multiplepublished 19 Aug 2013Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 4 years later
· 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 98.8% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- RHSA-2013:1060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- HPSBUX02908 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0414 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201406-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 60657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1264 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- HPSBUX02907 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1256 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 54154 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/2a9c79db0040 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1263 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- TA13-169A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0185.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0963 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1255 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:183 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642336 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1305 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2013-2465-detect-java-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2013-2465-mitigate-java-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2465 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2411 (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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