CVE-2013-0402

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to JavaFX, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Affected products

Oracle Javafx: through 2.2.7
Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update17
Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update17

References

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A
http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15728
https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309484730506698752
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A
http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/

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