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Java CPU April 2013 Java Runtime Environment 2D vulnerability (CVE-2013-1491)

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Java CPU April 2013 Java Runtime Environment 2D vulnerability (CVE-2013-1491)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/08/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/16/2013
Modified
07/21/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • jre-upgrade-latest

References

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