CVE-2012-5088: oracle jdk
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5088 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in oracle jdk. EPSS estimates a 78.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 24-01-2013)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 5Timeline
- 16-10-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Libraries.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
78.70%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
100%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 78.70% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundJava Applet - Method Handle Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)
Maturity: weaponized
Java Applet Method Handle Remote Code Execution
exploit/multi/browser/java_jre17_method_handle
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard16 products
- openjdk-11-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
- openjdk-17-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
- openjdk-21-openj9-default-policy< 0.48.0-r2
- openjdk-25-openj9< 0.59.0-r1
- openjdk-25-openj9-dbg< 0.59.0-r1
2 vendors · 18 products
References
10 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16605VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory