01 Record
CVE-2010-0840
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality,
CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: oracle
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 96.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-04-01 16:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- oracle
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a48883ecde0b8adceba9751fec9a3f09a0eca7f2fee1d2c6301f023ace5b0ee3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-05-18-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html
- marc.infoHPSBMU02799http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com20100405 ZDI-10-056: Sun Java Runtime Environment Trusted Methods Chaining Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510528/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com39317http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0383http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0383.html
- secunia.com40545http://secunia.com/advisories/40545
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1454http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1454
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:13971https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13971
- secunia.com39819http://secunia.com/advisories/39819
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1107http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0338http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0338.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1793http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-05-18-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- secunia.com43308http://secunia.com/advisories/43308
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html
- itrc.hp.comSSRT100179http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751
- marc.infoSSRT100089http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpumar2010-083341.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0339http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0339.html
- secunia.com39292http://secunia.com/advisories/39292
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4170
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1523http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1523
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
- www.securityfocus.com39065http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39065
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- secunia.com39659http://secunia.com/advisories/39659
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0471http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0471.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:017http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- ubuntu.comUSN-923-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-923-1
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0337http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0337.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0489http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0489.html
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-056
- secunia.com40211http://secunia.com/advisories/40211
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4171
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9974https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9974
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:084http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084
- www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1191http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1191
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0840