What is CVE-2013-0431?

CVE-2013-0431 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jre, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2013-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2013-0431?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2013-0431 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2013-0431 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Vulnerability in Oracle Jre

CVE-2013-0431

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, and OpenJDK 7, allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox via unspecified vectors related to JMX, aka "Issue 52," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1490.

Published 2013-01-31 · last modified 2026-10-02.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.901 (99.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-15.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.903 · newest: 0.901 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Oracle Jre — versions 1.7.0
Oracle Openjdk — versions 7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-05-25. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-06-15.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: yes.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19418 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Not Applicable)
www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-hacker-uncovers-two-… (Broken Link)
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/142 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0431?: CVE-2013-0431 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jre, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2013-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2013-0431?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2013-0431 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2013-0431 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.