CVE-2012-0501

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-02-15 · updated 2026-06-16

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 affect availability via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: through 1.6.0; through 1.7.0; 1.6.0-update22, 1.6.0-update23, 1.6.0-update24, 1.6.0-update25, 1.6.0-update26, 1.6.0-update27 (+3)
Sun Jre: through 1.5.0; 1.5.0, 1.5.0-update1, 1.5.0-update10, 1.5.0-update11, 1.5.0-update12, 1.5.0-update13 (+45)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00010.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133364885411663&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133847939902305&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0514.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48073
http://secunia.com/advisories/48074

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