01 Record
CVE-2012-0507
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 33 and earlier allows remote attackers to
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 (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 33 and earlier allows remote attackers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.
- 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
- 98.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% 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 2026-08-14.
- 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
- 2012-06-07 22:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-14 03:55Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-01-11
- 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
- CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 8c6d341a41cf2cfcb30312e881e4bc306bfef402f26bd9a8d8a0c1a7f4cf5d3c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.infoHPSBUX02784http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133847939902305&w=2
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2012-366318.html
- secunia.com48692http://secunia.com/advisories/48692
- marc.infoHPSBMU02799http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
- krebsonsecurity.comhttp://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/new-java-attack-rolled-into-exploit-packs/
- secunia.com48589http://secunia.com/advisories/48589
- marc.infoSSRT100805http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2
- weblog.ikvm.nethttp://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=cd48169a-9405-4f63-9087-798c4a1866d3
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0602http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00009.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1455http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0603http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00010.html
- secunia.com48950http://secunia.com/advisories/48950
- secunia.com48948http://secunia.com/advisories/48948
- blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2012/03/20/an-interesting-case-of-jre-sandbox-breach-cve-2012-0507.aspx
- secunia.com48915http://secunia.com/advisories/48915
- marc.infoHPSBUX02757http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133364885411663&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-2420http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2420
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0508http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788994
- marc.infoSSRT100867http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0514http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0514.html
- www.securityfocus.com52161http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52161
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-0507