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CVE-2013-5829: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and…

CVE-2013-5829 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 8 affected products, including Oracle JDK. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, and Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-5809.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Oracle JDK: 1.5.0; 1.5.0 update1; 1.5.0 update10; 1.5.0 update11; 1.5.0 update12; 1.5.0 update13; 1.5.0 update14; 1.5.0 update15; 1.5.0 update16; 1.5.0 update17; 1.5.0 update18; 1.5.0 update19
  • Oracle JRE: 1.5.0; 1.5.0 update1; 1.5.0 update10; 1.5.0 update11; 1.5.0 update12; 1.5.0 update13; 1.5.0 update14; 1.5.0 update15; 1.5.0 update16; 1.5.0 update17; 1.5.0 update18; 1.5.0 update19
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0; 6.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0; 6.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0; 6.0
  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04; 12.04; 12.10; 13.04; 13.10

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