CVE-2013-2421

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to incorrect MethodHandle lookups, which allows remote attackers to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 21.92% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16258	signature vdb entry
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html	mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952649
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A	third party advisory us government resource
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html	vendor advisory
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html	vendor advisory
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/hotspot/rev/663b5c744e82
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html	vendor advisory
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2421?: CVE-2013-2421 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2421?: To fix CVE-2013-2421, 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-2013-2421 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-2421 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.