CVE-2013-4578

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

jarsigner in OpenJDK and Oracle Java SE before 7u51 allows remote attackers to bypass a code-signing protection mechanism and inject unsigned bytecode into a signed JAR file by leveraging improper file validation.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: through 1.7.0; 1.7.0-update1, 1.7.0-update10, 1.7.0-update10_b31, 1.7.0-update11, 1.7.0-update11_b32, 1.7.0-update13 (+27)
Oracle Java SE: through 1.7.0; 1.7.0-update1, 1.7.0-update10, 1.7.0-update10_b31, 1.7.0-update11, 1.7.0-update11_b32, 1.7.0-update13 (+27)

References

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/d5f36e1c927e
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/9
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031471
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/d5f36e1c927e
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/9
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031471

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