CVE-2012-3174

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java 7 before Update 11 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0422. NOTE: some parties have mapped CVE-2012-3174 to an issue involving recursive use of the Reflection API, but that issue is already covered as part of CVE-2013-0422. This identifier is for a different vulnerability whose details are not public as of 20130114.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.21% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0156.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095 vendor advisory
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/01/15/security-icedtea-2-1-4-2-2-4-2-3-4-released/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00025.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0165.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1693-1 vendor advisory
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0018
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-0422-1896849.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3174?
CVE-2012-3174 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3174?
To fix CVE-2012-3174, 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-2012-3174 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-3174 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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