CVE-2013-1493 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 86.2% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The color management (CMM) functionality in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 15 and earlier, 6 Update 41 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 40 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via an image with crafted raster parameters, which triggers (1) an out-of-bounds read or (2) memory corruption in the JVM, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 86.15% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-03-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| oracle | jdk |
| oracle | jre |
| sun | jdk |
| sun | jre |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Java CMM - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2013-03-29 |
References
- http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/yaj0-yet-another-java-zero-day-2.html
- http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04117626-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00020.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-March/022145.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136570436423916&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0601.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0603.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0604.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24904
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/688246
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095
- http://www.oracle.com/ocom/groups/public/%40otn/documents/webcontent/1915099.xml
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-1493-1915081.html
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