CVE-2013-2419 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 17 Apr 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Java Runtime Environment via unspecified vectors related to 2D processing.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-2419?

CVE-2013-2419 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 17 Apr 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to 2D. 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 "font processing errors" in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) Layout Engine before 51.2.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2419?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre, Sun Jdk, Sun Jre.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2419?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-2419 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2419 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2419, GHSA-f4px-hx4m-mgqh.