CVE-2012-4821

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JRE component in IBM Java 7 SR2 and earlier, Java 6.0.1 SR3 and earlier, Java 6 SR11 and earlier, Java 5 SR14 and earlier, and Java 142 SR13 FP13 and earlier; as used in IBM Rational Host On-Demand, Rational Change, Tivoli Monitoring, Smart Analytics System 5600, Tivoli Remote Control 5.1.2, WebSphere Real Time, Lotus Notes & Domino, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, and Service Deliver Manager; and other products from other vendors such as Red Hat, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "insecure use" of the (1) java.lang.Class getDeclaredMethods or nd (2) java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject setAccessible() methods.

Affected products

IBM Java: from 1.4.2 through 1.4.2.13.13; from 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.14.0; from 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.11.0; from 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.2.0
IBM Lotus Domino: 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.2.1, 8.0.2.2, 8.0.2.3 (+17)
IBM Lotus Notes: 8.0, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.2.0, 8.0.2.1 (+23)
IBM Lotus Notes Sametime: 8.0.80407, 8.0.80822, 8.5.1.20100709-1631
IBM Lotus Notes Traveler: 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.1.2, 8.0.1.3, 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1 (+10)
IBM Rational Change: 4.7, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
IBM Rational Host On-Demand: 1.6.0.12, 8.0.8.0, 9.0.8.0, 10.0.9.0, 10.0.10.0, 11.0.3.0 (+5)
IBM Service Delivery Manager: 7.2.1.0, 7.2.2.0
IBM Smart Analytics System 5600: 7200
IBM Smart Analytics System 5600 Software: 9.7
IBM Tivoli Monitoring: 6.1.0, 6.1.0.7, 6.2.0, 6.2.0.1, 6.2.0.2, 6.2.0.3 (+21)
IBM Tivoli Remote Control: 5.1.2
IBM Websphere Real Time: 2.0, 3.0
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.0: all versions
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1: all versions
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.1: all versions

References

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