CVE-2012-1682

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Beans, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3136. NOTE: Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is related to "XMLDecoder security issue via ClassFinder."

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.37% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1222.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1553-1	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00032.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1466.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135109152819176&w=2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00019.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-4681-1835715.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1225.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51327	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51044	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1682?: CVE-2012-1682 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1682?: To fix CVE-2012-1682, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-1682 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-1682 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.