Is CVE-2012-1717 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1717 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1717?

CVE-2012-1717 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2012-1717

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

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 local users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to printing on Solaris or Linux.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS score: 0.5% (41th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1727)
Published: June 16, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1727 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel
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Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00028.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00032.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00035.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-June/019076.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0734.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1243.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50659(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51080(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615246(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:095(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150(Broken Link)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2012-1515912.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53952(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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