CVE-2013-1493

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 86.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: through 1.6.0; through 1.5.0; 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 (+24)
Oracle Java SE: through 1.7.0; through 1.5.0; through 1.6.0; 1.7.0, 1.7.0-update1, 1.7.0-update10, 1.7.0-update11, 1.7.0-update13, 1.7.0-update2 (+24)
Sun Jdk: 1.6.0, 1.6.0-update_10, 1.6.0-update_11, 1.6.0-update_12, 1.6.0-update_13, 1.6.0-update_14 (+49)
Sun Jre: 1.5.0, 1.5.0-update1, 1.5.0-update10, 1.5.0-update11, 1.5.0-update12, 1.5.0-update13 (+47)

References

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