CVE-2013-2458

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Libraries. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Java sandbox via "an error related to method handles."

5.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 12.22% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975130
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19709	signature vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137545505800971&w=2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54154	third party advisory
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/9efb5fb77027
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-169A	third party advisory us government resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0185.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0963.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17069	signature vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:183	vendor advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642336

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2458?: CVE-2013-2458 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2458?: To fix CVE-2013-2458, 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-2013-2458 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-2458 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.