CVE-2013-1491
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 16.4%EU EUVD
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 2D, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 16.4% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-1527)
- Published
- March 8, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1527 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oracle / jdk
- oracle / jre
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00007.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A(US Government Resource)
- http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16663
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19482
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19553
- https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309438311112507392
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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