Is CVE-2013-2461 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2461 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2461?

CVE-2013-2461 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2013-2461

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier and 6 Update 45 and earlier; the Oracle JRockit component in Oracle Fusion Middleware R27.7.5 and earlier and R28.2.7 and earlier; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Libraries. NOTE: the previous information is from the June and July 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue allows remote attackers to bypass verification of XML signatures via vectors related to a "Missing check for [a] valid DOMCanonicalizationMethod canonicalization algorithm."

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS score: 6.7% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-2407)
Published: June 18, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2407 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jre
oracle / jrockit
oracle / openjdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk
sun / jdk

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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0185.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/abe9ea5a50d2(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137545505800971&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137545592101387&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0963.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/54154(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:183(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2013-1899826.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60645(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-169A(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975126(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16887(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19565(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19582(Third Party Advisory)

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

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