CVE-2013-5893

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u45 and Java SE Embedded 7u45, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Libraries. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that the issue is related to improper handling of methods in MethodHandles in HotSpot JVM, which allows attackers to escape the sandbox.

Affected products

Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update45
Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update45

References

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/hotspot/rev/839100e42498
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00105.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00107.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139402697611681&w=2
http://osvdb.org/102000
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0026.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0027.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0030.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56432
http://secunia.com/advisories/56485
http://secunia.com/advisories/56486

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