01 Record
CVE-2012-1723
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 update 4 and earlier, 6 update 32 and earlier, 5 update 35 and earlier, and 1.4.2_37 and earlier allows
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 4 and earlier, 6 update 32 and earlier, 5 update 35 and earlier, and 1.4.2_37 and earlier allows
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
- 93.56% 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 2026-08-06.
- 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
- 2012-06-16 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-06 03:55Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-03-16
- 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-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d3dc3ae40d3ba2c34c00e905bfddb47ccb34f7c8d2a4e7d0a6683896aafa8594
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201406-32http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0734http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0734.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2012-1515912.html
- mail.openjdk.java.net[OpenJDK] 20120612 IcedTea6 1.10.8 & 1.11.3 Releasedhttp://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-June/019076.html
- marc.infoSSRT100919http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134496371727681&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16259https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16259
- www.securityfocus.com53960http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53960
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:095http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:095
- www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615246
- secunia.com51080http://secunia.com/advisories/51080
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1723