CVE-2013-1478

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.2_40 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D. NOTE: the previous information is from the February 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to "insufficient validation of raster parameters" that can trigger an integer overflow and memory corruption.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.18% Top 25%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906894
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136570436423916&w=2	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/d89bd26ac435
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0236.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729	third party advisory us government resource
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21645566
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00034.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57686	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15733	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19529	vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19454	vdb entry signature
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0246.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19429	vdb entry signature
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0245.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html	vendor advisory
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.11/file/icedtea6-1.11.6/NEWS
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0056

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1478?: CVE-2013-1478 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1478?: To fix CVE-2013-1478, 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-2013-1478 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-1478 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.