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The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 11, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 2D, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 8, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Apr 11, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(97th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2013-1491

GHSA ID

GHSA-w2h9-vx32-mw67

Source code

No known source code

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