CVE-2013-2421

Public on 2013-04-17
Modified on 2014-09-15
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to incorrect MethodHandle lookups, which allows remote attackers to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
Severity
Critical severity
Critical
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.6.0-openjdk 2013-04-25 ALAS-2013-185 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.7.0-openjdk 2013-04-18 ALAS-2013-183 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C