What is CVE-2013-0431?

CVE-2013-0431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jre, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2013-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2013-0431?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 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 JM…

EPSS: 0.900 (99.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Oracle Jre — versions 1.7.0
Oracle Openjdk — versions 7
N/a — versions n/a

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

secalert_us@oracle.com (Broken Link, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Not Applicable)
secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
secalert_us@oracle.com (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
secalert_us@oracle.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert_us@oracle.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0431?: CVE-2013-0431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jre, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2013-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2013-0431?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 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.