Description
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the JDBC driver manager, as demonstrated by James Forshaw during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
Published: 2013-03-08
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 86.3% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1806-1 OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1819-1 OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 cve-icon cve-icon
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/a19614a3dabb cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920247 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1488 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16511 cve-icon cve-icon
https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309425888188043264 cve-icon cve-icon
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124 cve-icon cve-icon
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1488 cve-icon
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.92768}

epss

{'score': 0.90001}


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Oracle Jdk Jre
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:04:48.817Z

Reserved: 2013-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1488

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-03-08T18:55:01.583

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1488

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1488 - Bugzilla

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