CVE-2013-2423 Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [1.7.0,1.7.0_21)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
85.22% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-73043
  • published31 Jan 2019
  • disclosed17 Apr 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Apr 2013

CVE-2013-2423  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 7.0.21 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

It allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.

CVSS Base Scores

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