CVE-2013-1488

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 87.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the JDBC driver manager, as demonstrated by James Forshaw during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update17
Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update17

References

http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/a19614a3dabb
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145

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