CVE-2013-2429

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to ImageIO. 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 "JPEGImageWriter state corruption" when using native code, which triggers memory corruption.

7.6

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 13.37% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	vendor advisory
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html	mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19203	vdb entry signature
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Apr/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
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/
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2	vendor advisory
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html	vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952521
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19107	vdb entry signature
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59184	vdb entry
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/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00007.html	vendor advisory
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/90c9f1577a0b

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2429?: CVE-2013-2429 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2429?: To fix CVE-2013-2429, 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-2013-2429 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-2429 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.