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CVE-2012-1723

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Score

Published: June 16, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: August 6, 2026 at 05:16 AM UTC

8 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation

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Severity

CRITICAL9.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 94%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score93.6%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 93.6% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via Unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware Use

Known

Added to KEV

Mar 3, 2022

Remediation Due

Mar 24, 2022

1678 days overdue

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1723

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 update 4 and earlier, 6 update 32 and earlier, 5 update 35 and earlier, and 1.4.2_37 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

v ≤ 1.4.2_371.5.0 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 1.5.0 update2 1.5.0 update20 1.5.0 update21 1.5.0 update22 1.5.0 update23 1.5.0 update24 1.5.0 update25 1.5.0 update26 1.5.0 update27 1.5.0 update28 1.5.0 update29 1.5.0 update3 1.5.0 update30 1.5.0 update31 1.5.0 update32 1.5.0 update33 1.5.0 update34 1.5.0 update35 1.6.0 1.6.0 update1 1.6.0 update10 1.6.0 update11 1.6.0 update12 1.6.0 update13 1.6.0 update14 1.6.0 update15 1.6.0 update16 1.6.0 update17 1.6.0 update18 1.6.0 update19 1.6.0 update2 1.6.0 update20 1.6.0 update21 1.6.0 update22 1.6.0 update23 1.6.0 update24 1.6.0 update25 1.6.0 update26 1.6.0 update27 1.6.0 update29 1.6.0 update3 1.6.0 update30 1.6.0 update31 1.6.0 update32 1.6.0 update32_b31 1.6.0 update32_b32 1.7.0 1.7.0 update1 1.7.0 update2 1.7.0 update3 1.7.0 update4

95%

Enterprise Linux Desktop · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Eus · Red Hatrpm

95%

Enterprise Linux Server · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Workstation · Red Hatrubygems

95%

ICEDTEA6 · Red Hat

95%

v < 1.10.81.11.0 ≤ v < 1.11.3

Affected range stops below 1.10.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (11)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-June/019076.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPMailing List

Source: [email protected]

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134496371727681&w=2

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0734.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/51080

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615246

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:095

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2012-1515912.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

9.8CRITICALCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-284

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