CVE-2013-2423
oracle jre, canonical ubuntu linux, opensuse
Published 17 Apr 2013 · updated 16 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 25 May 2022, with a remediation deadline of 15 Jun 2022 for US federal agencies.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability 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.
References
- blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/ · Broken Link
- blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html · Not Applicable
- hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3f · Patch
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html · Third Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html · Third Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html · Third Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml · Third Party Advisory
- weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=acd2dd6d-1028-4996-95df-efa42ac237f0 · Broken Link
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161 · Third Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html · Vendor Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1 · Third Party Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A · Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398 · Issue Tracking
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16700 · Broken Link
- wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130 · Third Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2423 · US Government Resource