CVE-2013-2421: oracle jdk
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-2421 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in oracle jdk. EPSS estimates a 5.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5Timeline
- 17-04-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to incorrect MethodHandle lookups, which allows remote attackers to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.69%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 5.69% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
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
Oracle2 products
- jdk≤ 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0:update1 | 1.7.0:update10 | 1.7.0:update11 | 1.7.0:update13 | 1.7.0:update15 | 1.7.0:update2 | 1.7.0:update3 | 1.7.0:update4 | 1.7.0:update5 | 1.7.0:update6 | 1.7.0:update7 | 1.7.0:update9
- jre≤ 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0:update1 | 1.7.0:update10 | 1.7.0:update11 | 1.7.0:update13 | 1.7.0:update15 | 1.7.0:update2 | 1.7.0:update3 | 1.7.0:update4 | 1.7.0:update5 | 1.7.0:update6 | 1.7.0:update7 | 1.7.0:update9
2 vendors · 18 products
References
19 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16258VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952649X Refsource MISC
- wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130X Refsource CONFIRM
- wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 19 references
- hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/hotspot/rev/663b5c744e82X Refsource MISC
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory